Danger technical content!!

[David M. Porritt]

Jim:

Santa Claus will be upset with you for opening your present before Christmas!!!!

dave

PS Sounds like a cool tool.

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On 12/20/00 at 10:01 AM JIMRPT@AOL.COM wrote:

>Et Al;
>I have a tradition of buying something, at Christmas, for the shop every year 
>that I probably would not buy normally.
> Well this year I searched for THE item dejure and settled on a 1/2 ton 
>bearing press. :-)
> Well yes that's right there are no bearings on a piano that can be pressed 
>with a bearing press but there are more uses for this thingee. 
> What I bought it for was to press out old keyweights and to press in new 
>keyweights. It also will do an exemplary job of expanding the weight to stay 
>snug in the hole.
> I have made several different sized 'tips' to fit on the press drift to 
>match different sized weights. In addition I have made an 'asterick' shaped 
>tip for expanding all size weights.
> I have used it to refurbish a set of corroding weights and it works verrry 
>well...no more balancing the key while trying to hold punch, key and hammer 
>at the same time...no more trying to use weight extractor thingees that don't 
>quite reach from either side of the key.....no more worry about blind 
>weights, the press punches through the old blind spot.
> I have made, from scrap pinblock, a series of females forms to fit the 
>various sizes of weights so that with a form in place all that is needed is a 
>quick throw of the press arm and the weight is out, the hole ready for 
>cleaning and or resizing.
> Pretty neat working thingee...got mine from Grizzly for 29.95 plus shipping. 
>It is kinda rough machining but for what I am using it for it works just fine.
>Jim Bryant (FL)




David M. Porritt
dporritt@swbell.net
Meadows School of the Arts
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX 75275