[CAUT] Air ratchet/impact tool for stringing?

[DIANE HOFSTETTER]

I used an air hammer for years.  Had a machinist make me a tool to fit over 
the tuning pin.  Made the job MUCH EASIER on my body.  You can get air 
hammers so inexpensively that I never oiled it, just threw it away and got a 
new one when the time was right.

At one time I tried an air rachet.  It worked marvelously and was kind of 
fun.  I pounded the pins in a depth that seemed appropriate, then fed the 
wire (cut appropriately) into the becket and spun the pin in with the coil 
forming beautifully around the pin.

Then I tried to teach my apprentice and her hand wasn't strong enough to 
control the air rachet.  So I tried to teach my husband and after he almost 
cut his thumb tip off by getting it in the way of the wire, I gave up on 
that.

Afterwards I simply made the coil on the pin and then drove it in with the 
air hammer.



Diane Hofstetter


[CAUT] Air ratchet/impact tool for stringing?
Leslie Bartlett l-bartlett@sbcglobal.net
Sun, 13 Nov 2005 16:49:33 -0600

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Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 4:19 PM
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Was my dad's tool of choice. Slow and noisy, but otherwise just fine.
Research from a major manufacturer years ago showed better torque results
from driving the pins, rather than turning them in, though. Also.... gotta
make sure you're not blowing oil or condensation all over the pin field.

Have fun,
Guy

At 10:59 AM 11/13/2005 -0800, you wrote:
>Anyone here ever tried (or thought of trying) an air ratchet for stringing?
>
>JeffO
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