---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Ross, I totally disagree! How else are you going to get them out. Do it slow, and MUCH more heat builds up! Avery At 01:08 PM 9/8/05, you wrote: >If you spin tuning pins out, you're going to scorch the holes in the >block. You don't want that. >Ross White >----- Original Message ----- >From: <mailto:pianotech@a440piano.net>William R. Monroe >To: <mailto:pianotech@ptg.org>Pianotech >Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 7:39 PM >Subject: Re: Removing tuning pins with the Milwaukee Drill > >Joe, > >So, does this imply that the friction that generates the heat simply doesn't >have enough time to build up, vs. the slow removal, which may be slow, but >long and drawn out, consequently producing more heat? > >Interesting...... > >Also, tried to email you about the keytop thing, but got rejected. Anyway, >I'll await receiving the keytop being sent to me first, and if it doesn't >work, I'll let you know. And, thanks. > >Respectfully, >William R. Monroe > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Joe Garrett" ><<mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net>joegarrett@earthlink.net> >To: "pianotech" <<mailto:pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org> >Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 9:12 PM >Subject: Removing tuning pins with the Milwaukee Drill > > >Terry Peterson said: "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, >An interesting experiment: 1. Remove a tuning pin with a Brace and Bit; >immediately test it for heat. (it will be hottern' hell a first touch.) 2. >Remove a tuning pin with a Reversible Drill as slow as it will go. Test it >for heat. (it will be hot and getting hotter.) 3. Remove a tuning pin with a >Reversible drill running at/or around 600 RPM. Test it for heat. (It will >only be warm, but will heat up rapidly as you hold it.DAMHIK!<G>) This >phenomenon is kinda like Microwaving a spud.<G> The answer is spin them out >as fast as you feel comfortable with. I usually remove a whole set in around >15-20 minutes, using my 40 year old Wen Reversible Drill.<G> >(It too, will spin the shop, if'n ya ain't careful!) >Regards, >Joe Garrett, R.P.T. >Captain, Tool Police >Squares R I > > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: ><https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives>https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/4e/1d/1a/75/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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