drill for pin removal

[Greg Newell]

Yeah,
         Use air tools instead and get 'em out fast and easy. The block 
will heat but only for a very short time.

Greg Newell

P.S. no flame suit, but really don't care.


At 09:18 PM 9/4/2005, you wrote:
>I also would like to get opinions as to how fast, slow to remove them to 
>avoid over-heating and/or scortching the pin block. I know the pins WILL 
>get hot no matter what, (I tested this by using the very lowest rpm 
>possible without stalling) but it seems to me that the main thing to avoid 
>is "spinning" the pin in place when/if it stops rising outward during 
>removal. I try to use lowest rpms to remove each pin, then releasing 
>trigger when it's almost out, letting the drill slow to a stop at which 
>point the pin drops out...ideally. thoughts?
>
>Terry Peterson
>
>
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>From:  <i>Ron Nossaman &lt;rnossaman@cox.net&gt;</i><br>Reply-To:
><i>Pianotech &lt;pianotech@ptg.org&gt;</i><br>To:  <i>Pianotech 
>&lt;pianotech@ptg.org&gt;</i><br>Subject:  <i>Re: drill for pin 
>removal</i><br>Date:  <i>Sun, 04 Sep 2005 16:46:17 
>-0500</i><br><br>&gt;Yeah, but only after the piano case has rotated a 
>quarter turn and <br>&gt;crashed into the wall. Best hang a few old tires 
>on the side of the <br>&gt;case (like on a tug boat) before 
>starting....<br>&gt;<br>&gt;Terry Farrell<br><br><br>Good idea, and resist 
>the urge to strap yourself to the drill for a better grip. That's the 
>stuff Darwin awards are made from.<br>Ron 
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Greg Newell
Greg's piano Forté
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