This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Bill Some one showed me a heat gun method several years ago that has worked = with great success: Lay the action on the bench with the elbows exposed; = apply heat with a heat gun and pull on the sticker at the same time. As = the plastic warms, it gives and pulls clean off the center pin. Any = residue can be cleaned by applying heat again and/or scraping with a = small sharpened screw driver. If the palstic starts to bubble or burn, = or burst into flames ( I did that in a customers home once) your heat = source is too close and too high. I've tried the modified tools and = prefer this heat method (outside the flaming elbow in the living room). = It's much faster and cleaner. Paul Chick ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Maxpiano@AOL.COM=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 7:13 AM Subject: Re: tool In a message dated 2/1/02 11:52:27 AM Eastern Standard Time, = imatunr@srvinet.com writes: Removal of plastic elbows can be a little difficult when the plastic = at the center pin is not as brittle as the elbow where it usually breaks. My last elbow job was like this. Despite having had to replace an = elbow or two every year when tuning this piano, I found most elbows very = un-brittle. After some frustration I tried 1) cutting the offending (non-breaking) = elbows off with cut-nippers, and 2) melting the remaining plastic down = to the center pin with my key bushing removal tool. It worked. Not = knowing if the fumes were dangerous to my health, I opened the shop door = and placed a box fan on the end of my workbench to blow the smoke out = the door. =20 Bill Maxim Maxim Piano Service 212 Newpark Place Columbia, SC 29212-8666 (803) 732-9225, FAX (803) 732-2641 wmaxim@aol.com=20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/2e/62/5a/e5/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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