Pinblocks

[Carl Meyer]

Air from the chiller can be as much as 40 degrees colder than the air that is fed into it.  The air out of the other end can burn you.  Don't ask me how it does it with no moving parts.

Carl Meyer  Assoc. PTG
Santa Clara, California
cmpiano@attbi.com  


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 2:15 PM
Subject: Re: Pinblocks


> How does this Vortex chiller differ from just a nice stream of compressed air, such as that one gets from the little gun one uses to blow out the crud from inside a piano? I find that just the regular stream keeps the drill bit down to a temperature where I can easily hold the bit in my fingers. Is there some advantage to this Vortex chiller?
> 
> Terry Farrell
>   
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Les Conover" <locolesco@yahoo.com>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 5:00 PM
> Subject: Re: Pinblocks
> 
> 
> > Hi, all,
> >     If you use a Vortex chiller (Pianotek) and a slow
> > feed rate, Delignet can be drilled with an I bit or
> > even a 7 mm for 2/0 pins.  They will be plenty tight
> > and you have less wood fiber crushing.  I think and F
> > bit is far too small.
> >     Regards, Les Conover
> > --- Ron Nossaman <RNossaman@KSCABLE.com> wrote:
> > > 
> > > >
> > > > Hi list, 
> > > > I forget to ask, what drill bit do you prefer with
> > > the deliginit block,and
> > > > the best source for them.I'm using 2/0 pins, 21/2
> > > long. 
> > > > Thanks, 
> > > > Hazen Bannister
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I use either 17/64 (0.2657"), or 6.8mm (0.2677"),
> > > and Denro pins (blued,
> > > mostly).
> > > 
> > > Ron N
> > 
> > 
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