Key Lead removal help

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Simply drilling out the lead works very fast without the danger of=20
splitting wood by pressure.

Andr=E9 Oorebeek
Amsterdam
The Netherlands

Where 'music' is no harm can be



On 29-jan-05, at 16:01, David Love wrote:

> I found the best method when using an arbor press for removing the=20
> leads
> is to prepare a block of wood with a hole drilled through it just
> slightly larger than the size of the lead.  Place the block under the
> keylead you are extracting with the keylead lined up with the hole so
> that the lead is being pushed out into the hole in the block of wood.
> The wood outside the diameter of the hole will support the wood around
> the lead in the key and prevent tear out.  You can prepare the block =
of
> wood with three hole of different sizes 3/8"+, 1/2"+ and 5/8"+ to
> accommodate different key lead sizes.  Don't make the block any larger
> than is necessary to give support to the key as the smaller it is the
> easier it is to line up with the keylead.  Press slowly at first and
> when the lead is aligned properly you will be able to feel it through
> the arbor by how easily it gives.
>
> The pliers are nice, though.
>
> David Love
> davidlovepianos@comcast.net
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
> Behalf Of Michael Spalding
> Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 6:38 AM
> To: Pianotech
> Subject: RE: Key Lead removal help
>
> Hi Dave,
>
> The plier tool is Renner, I think.  Quality, sturdy, and priced
> appropriately.  Photo attached of my cheap do-it-yourself alternative.
> Use
> the drill press as an arbor press.  (DO NOT turn it on).  Steel rod in
> chuck slightly smaller than lead diameter, i.e. for 3/8 lead use 5/16
> rod.
> Pipe nipple in 4x4 has ID slightly larger than lead diameter.  If the
> resistance makes you nervous about damaging the drill press, then for
> sure
> you're going to splinter the key - in these situations, open up the=20
> exit
> side of the key with a forstner bit slightly larger than the lead
> diameter.
>
> Mike
>
>
>> [Original Message]
>> From: Dave Doremus <algiers_piano@bellsouth.net>
>> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
>> Date: 1/29/2005 7:03:34 AM
>> Subject: Key Lead removal help
>>
>> Hi List, I am facing replacing all key leads in a S&S D, due to major
>> swelling/corrosion problems. Has anyone, especially those who do a
>> lot of re weighing, got a tool that will help cleanly remove so many
>> leads? I seem to remember a set of pliers advertised for this job but
>> at the time I balked at the price.
>> --=20
>> ----Dave
>>
>>
>> -----------------------------
>> Dave Doremus, RPT
>> New Orleans
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