broken screw

[Paul]

Ron
Clever! what did you use to grind the point on the dry wall screw?

Paul Chick
----- Original Message -----
From: Ron Nossaman <RNossaman@KSCABLE.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 4:01 PM
Subject: broken screw


> Wasn't thinking, broke a screw installing new shanks and flanges (pressing
> the washer into the flange). Dug out a box of new screws, replaced the old
> ones I'd already installed, and finished the set. Life is good again,
> except for that broken screw. I prick punched the center of the shank
> (slightly below the surface), center drilled it a bit with an 1/8" center
> drill, and drilled about 1/4" down into the screw with a #58 (first little
> one I came to). I ground a three cornered point on a 2 1/2" sheet rock
> screw (very hard steel), drove it into the #58 hole in the flange screw
> until the corners bit, and turned the broken screw out with a Phillips
> screwdriver. Very slick, and under ten minutes start to finish even with
> the five minutes of head scratching before I thought of the sheet rock
> screw. Absolutely no damage to the rail, hole, operator, or schedule, but
> the sheet rock screw was killed in the attempt. Seemed like a fair trade
to
> me. Try it sometime.
>
> Back to work.
>
> Ron N
>