At 06:31 PM 11/25/98 -0700, you wrote: >Dear List: What is the easiest way to remove tuning pin plate bushings >when restringing, but not reblocking. I haven't had a lot of luck for >ease with a chisel. The ones that didn't come out with the pins are >really tight in the plate. The ones that I removed today took me way >toooooooooooooo long ( like 1 minute each on the average ). > >John R. Fortiner > John. Stop. Let's discuss this. My first thought - don't try this at home. I'll have time tomorrow to give a better reply. There are reasons why you do not want to attempt this. At least without knowing the logistics involved. Something to dwell on: think pinblock bore/bushing alignment. Details on this later . . . Stay tuned, Jon Page Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks go to Michael Wathen for placing the keypress on the Wapin site http://www.wapin.com/clips/page.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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