Did somebody mention Teflon?

David Ilvedson ilvey@sbcglobal.net
Mon, 23 Jan 2006 20:13:02 -0800


Good idea...I'm going to do that...

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, California



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Received: 1/23/2006 1:00:51 PM
Subject: Re: Did somebody mention Teflon?


>Jon writes:

><< I usually ream and burnish to same-size re-pin but can't seem to get beyond
>4 half-swings. And mostly halting at the third.
>Help >>

>I have a set of the straight reamers that I have rolled between two files 
>placed head-to-tail.  I do this at the very base of the reamer, so that I can 
>avoid it in normal use.  This rolling created a "thread" on the surface of the 
>reamer that is just a little more aggressive than the original. When I need just 
>a little bit more looseness than the nominal dimension of the reamer gives 
>me, I carefully insert this part of the reamer and give it 1/2 twist before 
>drawing it straight out.  

>regards, 

>Ed Foote RPT 
>http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html
>www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html
> 
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