[CAUT] action stack protocol

[Porritt, David]

Jon:

 

Paul said it was for a Baldwin and they have the dowel type let-off
buttons.  If someone knows an easy way to use a power tool to get them
on and off I would like to hear that.

 

dp

 

David M. Porritt, RPT

dporritt at smu.edu

 

From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of
Jon Page
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 11:46 AM
To: caut at ptg.org
Subject: [CAUT] action stack protocol

 

	Question:  is there a proper protocol on which to install first,
second,

	etc?  My thinking is to install new let-off buttons first (in
existing

	holes), then wips along with travelling, then shanks/travelling.
Any

	problems with this order?  Also, would it be more prudent to use
the

	existing let-off button wires and leave them in the rail.  The
new ones

	came with the wires on, so I would have to unscrew them all
possibly

	taking wood with it on removal. Removing the old wires from the
rail might

	damage the holes in the rail, eh?

 

If you have new let off screws, replace them as long as they fit the
holes.

Before you remove the old, place a drop of Protek or Goose Juice on the

threads below the rail to lube then hole while backing out. I use a let
off

screw driver in a hand-crank drill.  ream the holes if the new fit is
tight,

size with CA is a little loose. Hand-start the new screws and drive
through

with a drill to just protrude the rail on the bottom.

 

To insure a nice square fitting on the threads,  invert the bolt on a
pair of

hammer head extraction pliers. The prong end straddles the screw on top

and the bolt head supports the button, turn by hand while squeezing the
pliers

and it will be tight enough when the button starts spinning on the bolt.
jpg attchd.

 

So install the Let Off first while everything is off the stack.

 

I might be inclined to install the shanks and hammers first so they can
be traveled and spaced to the strings so that the wippens can be aligned
to the knuckles and then traveled.

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Regards,

Jon Page

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