At 04:51 AM 2/1/96 -0700, you wrote: >At 04:37 AM 2/1/96 -0700, you wrote: >> >>>I'd like to add a suggestion re: a tool that Susan Graham used to use for >>>this kind of work - a specially turned piece of all thread of the right >>>diameter for a 25 watts soldering iron. I have several diameters for >>>different jobs, have used them for years, and feel that they have saved me >>>countless hours of working with less efficient and effective means of sizing >>>bushings. >>> >>Edited post, sorry for the mistakes- >>I have taken the threaded rod, drilled an appropiate size hole into the >center of one end and then glued in a bridge pin for sizing bushings. This >is a little easier then >>turning down the rod on a drill press. I think I use a number 6 bridge pin >for damper guide rails but its been a few years since I made them up. I also >use a voltage regulator with the soldering iron so that the felt doesn't get >scorched. >>Rob Edwardsen, RPT >>Rochester Chapter >>edwardsn@rpa.net >> Rob, Youi're absolutely right. I forgot to mention the regulator, it makes a big difference! Thanks, Horace Horace Greeley, RPT Piano Technician & Consultant The Colburn School of Performing Arts Los Angeles, CA ______________________________ 14 Pyxie Lane San Carlos, CA 94070-1506 415.592.6620
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