>Eric, > >It sounds like you saved a lot of time by leaving the wippens in the action. >But what did you use to ream the spring hole? Did your wippens hang low >enough that you could access them with the spring hole reamer? > >Larry > That's what I failed to mention... I cut my reaming tool shank near the reamer and resoldered it at a right angle. This allows reaming in close quarters... The glue is usually quite brittle and requires a minimum of reaming anyway. For those stubborn holes you might have to remove the whip, I haven't needed to yet. Eric Leatha, RPT Portland, OR tunrboy@teleport.com "Brains First... then the Hard Work" -A.A. Milne
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