Delignet Pinblocks

[Joe And Penny Goss]

No, put the blade of the tool in the kerf of the screw.
Joe Goss
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos@earthlink.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 6:50 PM
Subject: Re: Delignet Pinblocks


> I'm not sure I know what you mean "use a sharp chisel to drive the screw
> in".  It seems that the chisel won't be sharp for long doing that.  You're
> right, after the first one sheared off I was able to tell that the second
> one would... and it did...*(@)%(#*@.
>
> David Love
> davidlovepianos@earthlink.net
>
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Joe And Penny Goss <imatunr@srvinet.com>
> > To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
> > Date: 7/16/2003 5:34:42 PM
> > Subject: Re: Delignet Pinblocks
> >
> > When the screws turn toooooo tight use a sharp chisel to drive the screw
> in.
> > This will sometimes prevent breakage. After breaking a few you should
get
> > the feel for when they are going to sheer off (O:((
> > Joe Goss
> > imatunr@srvinet.com
> > www.mothergoosetools.com
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Joseph Garrett" <joegarrett@earthlink.net>
> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 4:27 PM
> > Subject: Re: Delignet Pinblocks
> >
> >
> > > David:...."Trying to get the pinblock screws out of the piano turned
out
> > to
> > > be quite
> > > an ordeal.  They were completely frozen in the block and two of the
> longer
> > > screws (at the struts) sheared off.  Is this typical behavior for
> Delignit
> > > blocks?  Though I am going to replace the block, I have another
> question.
> > > Were I to reuse a Delignit block, what is the best way to approach the
> > next
> > > tuning pin size.  These were 2/0 and were fairly tight, though quite
> > > corroded."
> > >
> > > I would say this is not typical of Delignet. I think the clue is in
your
> > > statement about the tuning pins......."quite corroded"! However, as I
> said
> > > in a recent post, I always "cut" the threads into pre-drilled pilot
> holes.
> > > Delignet is bit less forgiving of screws and such, IMO. Also, the
person
> > > that replaced that block might have done something to make it
impossible
> > to
> > > remove the screws.
> > > Best Regards,
> > > Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon)
> > >
> > > Been There, Didn't Like It, So I'm Here To Stay! [G}
> > >
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