<!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 6.00.2800.1276" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dave, Those ends need to be blunted so that the reamer can go through the center of the felt better.</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI= V> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Piannaman@aol.com href="mailto:Piannaman@aol.com">Piannaman@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 02, 2004 = 8:45 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: thumb protection = when re-pinning</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2 = PTSIZE="10">Dave, <BR><BR>I find a flat, smooth hard surface, such as the side of my = pinning tool.  I lay it on the keybed(or something else flat and close = by) and gently push the pin up into the birdseye.  Feeling the amount of = pressure you have to apply to the piece to get the pin through(or not) can tell = you how good the fit is.   I always push directly over the pin to = avoid any kind of unsupported stress on the part.  I occasionally get a pin = jabbing in the end of my thumb, but not often. <BR><BR>I also use the Mannino broaches.  They are one of the best tools I've purchased based on = money spent vs. money earned.  The ends are REALLY sharp.  DAMHIK. = <BR><BR>Dave Stahl <BR><BR>In a message dated 4/2/04 4:21:48 AM = Pacific Standard Time, jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca writes: <BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE"><BR>I use the Mannino broaches themselves to determine = the fit in the birdseye. <BR>They have handles and the size marked on them. <BR>Regards, <BR>John M. Ross <BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada <BR>jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca <BR>----- Original Message ----- = <BR>From: "Dave Nereson" <davner@kaosol.net> <BR>To: <pianotech@ptg.org> = <BR>Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 3:56 AM <BR>Subject: thumb = protection when re-pinning <BR><BR><BR>>     When re-pinning = more than, say, twenty action parts, my right thumb <BR>> really gets = poked, cut, and chewed-up from repeatedly trying the pin in <BR>the = <BR>> birdseye of each part being re-pinned to see if it's tight enough, = then <BR>> pushing it into both bushings on the flange, individually, = to see if they <BR>> need reaming, burnishing, or re-bushing, then after = reaming, trying the <BR>pin <BR>> in the bushings again, maybe = making another touch-up operation, then <BR>trying <BR>> the pin in the = bushings again, then pushing the pin through one bushing <BR>into <BR>> = the birdseye, and, finally, using the plunger-type re-pinning tool only = <BR>for <BR>> the final push through the birdseye.  That's just one = flange.  After a <BR>> couple dozen, my thumb is raw meat, as though = I took a rasp to it. <BR>>     I've tried using a = thimble, but you have to keep taking it off to try <BR>> the pin in the = bushing or to pick up a fine tool like a tiny reamer, <BR>> tweezers, or = center-pin, then put it back on to push the pin through.  And <BR>> with = it on, you don't have the sensitivity or control for trying the fit <BR>of = <BR>> the pin in the bushing.  Nor do you with pliers.  Maybe = some custom-made <BR>> leather "thumb boot" through which a center-pin = will NOT poke would work, <BR>> but it would probably wear through = quickly.  I need a bionic thumb! <BR>>     Gang replacement is different, where you have all new flanges and you = <BR>> can chuck a roughened center pin in a drill and use that for the = reamer, <BR>> then just push all the same size pins through with the = pinning tool.  But <BR>> that's not the case with most actions I = work on. <BR>>     --David Nereson, RPT <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>