Terry, I was one of them, and , you're welcome. I hope others give this a shot. I can't imagine going back. My elbow used to hurt sooooo bad. Now it's only my fingers from the heavy gauge wire. I don't know about the Danair, I bought a cheaper one first to see if I'd like it and the darned thing just keeps goin so I can't replace it just yet. As to the depth problem, I found it too hard to control. Kind of like reciprocating saw in place of a jig saw. Too much power. I've driven the last bit by hand in order to get the uniform results I'm looking for. I thought about a hard rubber sleeve or something that would have a minor amount of give to it. I will be interested to hear some of the other responses you get. Greg Farrell wrote: > Just tried out my Danair Palm Nailer #RN-16-8 for the first time driving > three tuning pins into a pinblock. Holy cow cookies! That thing is slicker > than you-know-what! > > Often as I drove a tuning pin by hand (with manual hammer) into a bare > pinblock, I could see the damage I did to the top of the hole as the pin > wiggled back and forth with each blow (hey, I'm a newbie!). I'm sure it > continued throughout the driving process. The couple pianos I have restrung, > resulted in acceptable (for me - I had low expectations), but far from > perfectly uniform tuning pin torque. > > The three pins I drove into a bare pinblock resulted in 160 in-lbs. torque > for each one. Not 150, not 170, but all three were like exactly 160 in-lbs. > of torque. I had never done that before. Oh, boy, this has made my day. I > can hardly wait until after I finish restringing and start chipping/tuning. > Clearly, I am expecting fabulous results. > > Thank you Del Fandrich and Roger Jolly (and anyone else that participated in > that thread - I know there were a few) - I recall that both of you use an > air powered hammer, and one of you recommended the Danair specifically. Man, > you just drive those puppies straight down. I am just absolutely amazed at > what a difference it makes! Fast, easy, and NO tuning pin wiggling. > > What do you use as a guide for tuning pin driving depth control? On my bare > test holes, I used an one-inch-thick piece of hard maple with a 5/16-inch > hole drilled in it. I placed the maple guide over the tuning pin hole, > inserted the tuning pin, and drove it with the Palm Nailer until it would go > no further. That worked perfect - for a bare block. Now I need to figure out > what to use when I am driving the pin through the plate into the block. What > does anyone use? Something hard to physically stop the Palm Nailer from > going any further - or do you tape a stick or something to the thingee that > goes over the top of the tuning pin and just watch until it touches the > plate or whatever? > > Can we adapt this thing for bridge pins - or just way too much horsepower? > > Terry Farrell > Piano Tuning & Service > Tampa, Florida > mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com -- Greg Newell Greg's Piano Forté 12970 Harlon Ave. Lakewood, Ohio 44107 216-226-3791 mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net
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