Drill for pin removal

[John Ross]

To hold the heavy drill, a piece of bungee cord attached to it, 
semi-suspends it from the roof.
Then all you have to do is give a little push down.
It will take a bit of adjusting the length, to get the weight balanced.
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman@cox.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 4:16 PM
Subject: Re: Drill for pin removal


>
>> Seriously, I always considered an Impact Wrench/Drill a bit over-kill. 
>> Yes it has torque! (Just try to take your snow tires off after the tire 
>> shop did the Impact thingee on them!<G> Do you use one for things in the 
>> shop?
>> Regards,
>> Joe Garrett, R.P.T.
>
> I've tried about everything I could think of at one time or another. 
> Usually, it's my 1/2" Holeshooter, but that's heavy and strugglesome on 
> those days when I'm old and tired, which is any day with a vowel in it. 
> I've done a couple in the last two years with an electric impact wrench, 
> and I kind of like it. Next one, I'll borrow my son's pneumatic and give 
> that a try. Actually, they don't have all that much torque. It's the 
> impact that hammers those lug nuts down to the equivalent of forge 
> welding, not the torque. Pulling pins with one, it starts kind of slow (if 
> the pins are tight), then really whirls them out of there once it has the 
> pin moving. Borrow one and give it a try. Let me know what you think.
>
> Ron N
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