broken agraffe

[Susan Kline]

At 03:12 PM 2/4/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi Phil,
>I took a screwdriver, smaller than the width of the screw portion. I 
>ground two points on the outside edge, then I positioned it on the brass 
>of the broken agraffe, tapped it and turned. I was lucky, as I didn't even 
>lubricate, as someone suggested.
>Good luck.
>Regards,
>John M. Ross

Hi, Phil

I was lucky, too. I took a slightly bent ice pick and tapped it against the 
highest places near the edge of the stub (using the back of my tuning 
"hammer"), trying for a counterclockwise motion. I hadn't drilled it. The 
center portion was a mound.

Nice moment when it started turning.

Susan