[CAUT] pin-block plugging?

[John Ross]

The glue should have nothing to do with a hole being too large.
Bad glue would cause the plug to become loose.
Webb Philips has a glue he sells to put in the plugs.
If you have to use a #2 pin in a hole you say was drilled for a #1, then either you are using the wrong size bit, or your drilling speed is wrong.
I have found Ron Nossaman's double drilling with two different size bits to work well.
John Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Mark Cramer 
  To: CAUT 
  Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 1:12 PM
  Subject: [CAUT] pin-block plugging?


  Now and then I run into a situation where plugging a tuning-pin hole and re-drilling seems like the only option. IOW, neither an over-sized pin, CA glue nor an emery paper shim will work.

   

  I've tackled this fairly carefully, even using a small portable drill press clamped to the keybed to get a precise hole, but I never seem to get a good result:

   

  I've used plugs from both economy blocks and Bolduc blocks. The plugs are a tight fit to the wood, and really have to be driven home. I've used carpenter's glue.

   

  Nonetheless, the results always seem to end up the same. I bore for a 1/0 pin, then end up installing a 2/0, then up-sizing to a 3/0, and often a 4/0!?

   

  Anyone have success with this? 

   

  Over the years some of you must've plugged and re-bored entire pin-blocks. What's your secret?

   

  Thanks,

  Mark Cramer, RPT

  Brandon University

   

   

   

   
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