Replacing plastic elbows <outside>

[Farrell]

I made up a dowel rod with a wide slot cut in the end of it. I chuck the
dowel into an electric drill and zip those little rascals on there in just a
couple seconds. I think I've seen a similar tool in the supply house
catalogs.

FWIW: IMHO, diagnosing the problem (service call), scheduling work, ordering
elbows, removing all elbows (including the few tough ones), considering the
ever-present risk of breaking a whippen, installing new elbows, cleaning up
the mess, and regulating lost motion takes quite a bit more than 1.5 hours
(at least it does for me). I charge (and get) A LOT more than that for an
elbow job.

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David M. Porritt" <dporritt@mail.smu.edu>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 10:02 AM
Subject: RE: Replacing plastic elbows <outside>


> It's been a long time since I've done the plastic elbow thing, but I
always heated them on.  I'd heat the end of the wire with a propane torch
then insert it in the elbow, hold it 5 seconds and put it on the table so it
will finish setting straight.  It's a little faster than screwing them on,
and very much easier on the hands, wrists, arms etc.
>
> dave