Del, Richard, Don, Jim, et al, Maybe you've not read my _early_ posts carefully.... I used cap letters, highlighted, explained, that I turn the bit UPSIDE DOWN, CUTTING END IN THE CHUCK OF T HANDLE, CHUCK SIDE OF BIT INTO KEY. I don't think I am taking any more wood than an easing tool does. It IS only compression... I think... And if I am coming in from the bottom, WITH THE DRILL BIT SMOOTH END, am I not just making the base of the "V" larger? So, again, to all of you, if the bit compresses/sizes from the bottom of a slightly tight key, would that be an acceptable technique? Thanks, Lance Lafargue, RPT Mandeville, LA New Orleans Chapter, PTG lancelafargue@bellsouth.net -----Original Message----- From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf Of Delwin D Fandrich Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 9:13 PM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: Re: "pulley" keys ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lance Lafargue" <lancelafargue@bellsouth.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: January 02, 2001 2:48 PM Subject: RE: "pulley" keys > Thanks Del, > I'm familiar with the CF tool by Yamaha. My question is, (and I'm thinking > of simplicity, accuracy, speed) why would coming in from the bottom with a > drill bit (TURNED UPSIDE DOWN) the same size as the key pin be a problem? Only that you are cutting away wood that can't easily be replace. What happens when you carefully fit the key and then the hole enlarges slightly with the next weather change? The key will get loose faster if you remove wood by cutting it away as with a drill bit. When you come down from the top with a tapered tool, you compress the wood very slightly--more at the top of the hole than at the bottom. This leaves the key snug at the bottom where it should be snug and loose at the top where it should be loose. > If the keys are only "tickling" a bit too much, as you say, isn't that just > the very bottom. I persue this because it is so much faster for me and I > know the size of the hole when I am finished. Thanks again, I agree, your technique is much faster. At least the first time through. Sadly, faster is not always better. Especially when faced with the task of tightening up a loose set of keys a couple of years later. Especially if they are loose because of something you did. Del
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