<HTML>In a message dated 1/27/2002 6:02:10 AM Pacific Standard Time, mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Subj:Re: pin comparisons Date:1/27/2002 6:02:10 AM Pacific Standard Time From:<A HREF="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A> Reply-to:<A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> To:<A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> Sent from the Internet "I 've been paying closer attention to the emc the block is drilled at. I don't want to drill it on either end of the emc spectrum but in the 40 to 50% range..." May I assume the emc is not in the 40% to 50% range, but rather the reletive humidity (RH) of your shop is in that range? If not, no wonder your bits don't get hot - you're drilling under water! All in fun and for the sake of clarity!  ;-) Terry Farrell  <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">----- Original Message ----- From: <A HREF="mailto:Erwinspiano@AOL.COM">Erwinspiano@AOL.COM</A> To: <A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 5:50 PM Subject: Re: pin comparisons In a message dated 1/26/2002 2:06:10 PM Pacific Standard Time, <A HREF="mailto:A440A@AOL.COM">A440A@AOL.COM</A> writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Subj:Re: pin comparisons Date:1/26/2002 2:06:10 PM Pacific Standard Time From:<A HREF="mailto:A440A@AOL.COM">A440A@AOL.COM</A> Reply-to:<A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> To:<A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> Sent from the Internet </BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>              Terry      No problem clarification is good.  I try to keep in mind the invironment  the piano is actually going to live life in which is in an insulated house with a damp chaser  on it. So I often think in terms of  35% to 60% range in houses for my area. I don't sell the humidifier part as it's un-needed out here.   >>>>>>>>Dale <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">    Ed</BLOCKQUOTE>    Now I'm curious. If I used any thing smaller  than .250 to drill no. one pins in the buldoc blocks I'd be hatin life. Are you perhaps running the drill speed slower or are you just stronger than Me.?Slower speed usually nets a looser fit. I've been currently running drilll speeds of 1200 to 1400 rpm.      I guess we should also factor in the climate variables from Calif. to Nashville. We don't get the super low humidity for prolonged periods how bout you. Or Humid for that matter.      I 've been paying closer attention to the emc the block is drilled at . I don't want to drill it on either end of the emc spectrum but in the 40 to 50% range unless it's going to the desert.      >>>>>>>Dale Erwin <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"> I wrote:</BLOCKQUOTE> </BLOCKQUOTE> </BLOCKQUOTE> </HTML>