Hi, I'll second Don's suggestions; and add that, if it turns out that you need a long "aircraft"-type drill, you'll either need to live in an area that still has something of a machine-tool industry going, or plan on ordering from an on-line catalog. Because there is still some of that industry left in the SF Bay area, we have a local Grainger supply house. If you live where there isn't much of that kind of thing, Grainger's on-line catalog is pretty decent and their on-line support staff have been _exceptionally_ helpful. Here's a link to their main web page: http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/wwg/start.shtml Best. Horace At 12:43 PM 9/15/2010, Don Mannino wrote: >Jeff, > >The "fish tail" screwdriver method is under-used. It really does >work in many cases. I have also done a similar thing using a small >cutoff wheel in a Dremel to cut a positive slot in the agraffe stem, >then use a blade screwdriver to turn it out. This is a problem if >the stem is too deep in the plate, of course. > >As others said, long drill bits can work. If it's jammed and you >need a reverse drill bit that could be a problem getting a long one. > >I have also drilled up from the bottom with a right-angle drill. No >need to use a reverse drill - if the agraffe breaks loose it will >spin up nicely. Getting yourself aligned properly is tricky, but >doing a careful center punch and using good lights and a mirror on >the keybed will help a lot. > >Don Mannino > >-----Original Message----- >From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf >Of Jeff Farris >Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 11:06 AM >To: caut at ptg.org >Cc: Steve Walthall; tseay2 at austin.rr.com >Subject: [CAUT] Broken agraffe > >Has anyone had to remove a broken agraffe right next to the plate >strut where a drill can't fit? Any good ideas? > >Thanks, >Jeff > >Jeff Farris >Piano Technician >School of Music >UT Austin >jfarris at mail.utexas.edu >512-471-0158 > > > > > >Sent from my iPhone > >------ End of Forwarded Message > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100915/52acf172/attachment-0001.htm>
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