thumb protection when re-pinning

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Hi again Dave,
Also a chaser pin helps locate the birda eye, A voicing needle with the
sharp cut off or a # 18 pin work well for me.
I like Williams tip too!
Joe Goss
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William R. Monroe" <A440WRMPiano@tm.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 7:26 AM
Subject: Re: thumb protection when re-pinning


> Dave & List,
>
> I learned to make a tool at my local chapter meeting that would help you
out
> here.  It is simply a piece of wood cut into the shape of a circle, say
1/2"
> thick by 1.5" - 2" in diameter.  Around the edge of this disc, drill
little
> holes and epoxy in the various sizes of center pins that you use most
> frequently (or make it big enough to put 'em all in).  Then you can use
this
> disc not only for checking birdseye fit, but also for testing friction of
> the flange.
>
> William R. Monroe
> Assoc.
> Madison, WI
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dave Nereson" <davner@kaosol.net>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 1:56 AM
> Subject: thumb protection when re-pinning
>
>
> >     When re-pinning more than, say, twenty action parts, my right thumb
> > really gets poked, cut, and chewed-up from repeatedly trying the pin in
> the
> > birdseye of each part being re-pinned to see if it's tight enough, then
> > pushing it into both bushings on the flange, individually, to see if
they
> > need reaming, burnishing, or re-bushing, then after reaming, trying the
> pin
> > in the bushings again, maybe making another touch-up operation, then
> trying
> > the pin in the bushings again, then pushing the pin through one bushing
> into
> > the birdseye, and, finally, using the plunger-type re-pinning tool only
> for
> > the final push through the birdseye.  That's just one flange.  After a
> > couple dozen, my thumb is raw meat, as though I took a rasp to it.
> >     I've tried using a thimble, but you have to keep taking it off to
try
> > the pin in the bushing or to pick up a fine tool like a tiny reamer,
> > tweezers, or center-pin, then put it back on to push the pin through.
And
> > with it on, you don't have the sensitivity or control for trying the fit
> of
> > the pin in the bushing.  Nor do you with pliers.  Maybe some custom-made
> > leather "thumb boot" through which a center-pin will NOT poke would
work,
> > but it would probably wear through quickly.  I need a bionic thumb!
> >     Gang replacement is different, where you have all new flanges and
you
> > can chuck a roughened center pin in a drill and use that for the reamer,
> > then just push all the same size pins through with the pinning tool.
But
> > that's not the case with most actions I work on.
> >     --David Nereson, RPT
> >
> >
> >
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