Pinblocks and o/s pins

[Farrell]

I suspect that you have a point. If you are starting out with a decent block, and the fit is good, I suspect it likely is faster plugging. The material cost is less. The 1/2" (or 17/32") drilling can be done lickety-split with a hand drill. The plugging goes pretty fast. And then drill for pins.

My guess is that plugging is faster, but perhaps it is close. Certainly if you can't (or don't want to) remove the pinblock (upright, square grand, etc.) plugging very quickly becomes the way to go.

I suspect fitting the block and drilling for the screw holes is close to the time required to do the plugging. The only reason I have done it on floating pinblock grands in the past is because I don't have a band saw, etc. - But as long as the block is not falling apart, I don't think there is any real disadvantage to the method.

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Ballard" <yardbird@pop.vermontel.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2002 7:56 PM
Subject: Re: Pinblocks and o/s pins


> At 6:05 PM -0400 5/12/02, Farrell wrote:
> >Or, what really works like a new pinblock, is to epoxy in 1/2" 
> >pinblock plugs, and drill for appropriate size pin. That way you are 
> >back to 2/0 or whatever pins, have new pinblock material, and all 
> >holes are of similar characteristics - works just like a new 
> >pinblock. It really is not hard to do. IMHO, a better way to go, if 
> >not replacing pinblock.
> >
> >Terry Farrell
> 
> Definitely a better way to do if not replacing a pinblock. But would 
> the time here be quite close to the time in starting over with a new 
> block? Sort of like what I used to hear the board installers say 
> after they had gotten up to speed with that piece of surgery, "by the 
> time I've glued and screwed the separations, and shimmed the cracks, 
> I could have put in a new board."
> 
> Bill Ballard RPT
> NH Chapter, P.T.G.
> 
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