<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1264" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial>I don't know anything = about Schaff's bushing cloth and cutting cloth, etc. I have been using Renner pre-cut = & pre-glued bushing cloth strips and using their flange bushing cloth = sizing tool:  </FONT><A href="http://markotech.com/ECscripts/ECware.exe/dcp?id=002&sku== 1855&type=A1QN11&lc=EN"><FONT face=Arial size=2>http://markotech.com/ECscripts/ECware.exe/dcp?id=002&sku== 1855&type=A1QN11&lc=EN</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial>  These materials and tools have made rebushing = flanges painless and perfect everytime for me. Renner's long (about two feet) center pins = are very handy also when doing a bunch of flanges. Joel Rappaport (I think = it was him - the guy that does Tanglewood) did a class at a convention a few = years back on this method.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: "Benny L. Tucker" <</FONT><A href="mailto:precisionpiano@alltel.net"><FONT face=Arial size=2>precisionpiano@alltel.net</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To: <</FONT><A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><FONT face=Arial size=2>pianotech@ptg.org</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial = size=2>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 7:33 PM</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: Flange Bushing = Cloth</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT = face=Arial size=2>> List,<BR>>     I took on one of those = jobs that I didn't really want, to re-pin the<BR>> butt flanges on an old upright = action. While most bushings presented no<BR>> problem, a few pushed out while = removing the old pins. I've never re-bushed<BR>> flanges before, so = out with the Reblitz and Schaff catalog. Got my supplies,<BR>> and following = Reblitz's directions, I could not get the cloth to meet in the<BR>> hole. Once, = twice, three, four or more times I could not get this bushing<BR>> cloth to = lay in the hole gapless. So I got to measuring and calculating and<BR>> = here's what I came up with.<BR>> Flange Bushing drill = 7/64ths diameter. This = calculates out to a hole that<BR>> would be 11/32nds in circumference.<BR>> = Flange Bushing cloth advertised as 17/64th's. That's 5/64th's less than<BR>> = needed already. The actual cloth I got out of a dozen strips was 8 strips = of<BR>> 7/32nds and 4 strips was 1/4 inch wide.<BR>> Now, am I missing = something here? Am I using the wrong size drill to ream<BR>> the old bushings = out? Is there a suitable alternative to "flange bushing<BR>> cloth", other = than buying a whole yard of it and cutting myself. It would<BR>> take me = forever to use a yard of the stuff, not to mention the price it<BR>> fairly = steep just to have some on hand when the need arises.<BR>> Thanks for your help.<BR>> <BR>> Benny L. Tucker<BR>> Precision Piano Tuning = & Repair<BR>> Thomaston, Ga.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> pianotech list = info: </FONT><A href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives"><FONT = face=Arial size=2>https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</FONT></A></BODY><= /HTML>