This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Yeah, but the TIP of the full-size pin is smaller than the birdseye = also! Just gotta get the "feel" of it. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message -----=20 Hmmm....it is smaller in diameter than the birdseye...Hmmm? David I. -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- Original message Hmmmm. Okay, but now how do you get the straight piece of piano wire, = or a smooth round burnishing tool, through the whole assembly, without = ramming it through hard rock maple? Hmmmmmm??? FWIW, I just push the pin through without any guide. I pre-align by = eye, sometimes wiggle just a little, and don't seem to have a problem = getting the pin in the birdseye without jamming it into the wood = (although I have done that early-on before developing an eye for = pre-insertion-alignment). Terry Farrell ----- Original Message -----=20 I get tired of fussing with pin, press, flange, and birdseye--trying = to align the parts and insert the pin without trying to ram it through = hard rock maple--so I have a foolproof little system. (And it works for = me which proves that any fool can do it.) I run a thin, straight piece of piano wire, or a smooth round = burnishing tool, through the whole assembly, then pull the wire back = while guiding the pin through the first side of the flange and slightly = into the birdseye. Then press the pin on through, pushing the wire or = tool the rest of the way out. The wire/tool keeps everything aligned so = the pin centers every time, and it's fast. Alan Barnard Salem, Missouri ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/3f/f2/a9/a7/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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