The small 2oz hypo oilers which have a finer tip work quite well and are easy to control. Fill them with only as much CA as you will need so that the weight of the fluid doesn't increase the flow rate more than you want. About 10 mm or so in the bottom of the container is plenty for one piano. Eventually the tips will clog because the diameter is so small but it will be good for a couple of pianos at least. David Love davidlovepianos at comcast.net -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Jon Page Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 4:05 AM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: CA delivery apparatus I've been mulling over means to apply CA to bridge pins and not risk flooding an area. The elongated tip on the bottle doesn't offer enough control. Once I tried a hypodermic needle and the plunger kept getting hung up (glued to the sides). If one were to lube the ways would the glue dissolve it anyway placing the lube in suspension? Does the plunger offer fine enough control? Is there an appliance with a screw drive whereby the plunger would be activated by finely controlled pressure? Another device might be a drafting pen (old fashioned variety). This might be the item because it can't dump excess by mistake. I hate it when that happens. An artist's fluid-writing pen might clog too easily. However there might be an application for a Speedball tip. (I've done calligraphy in the distant past, which comes in handy when lettering plates - fluid-writing pen and waterbased acrylic medium). An artist's brush will solidify and have too much area for pin-point application. I've used this before and was not satisfied. Two or three fine wires bundled together might work, sort of like a mini-pen/steel brush. Maybe the Moody Drip-o-lator? (check the archive, it's in there) Any sure-fire delivery system out there? Brainstorming welcome. I'll be suppressing the false beats on a treble bridge tomorrow. So far I'm leaning towards the drafting pen but will also experiment with a greased-up hypo. An old-style drafting pen might be easier cleaning than a Speedball tip. -- Regards, Jon Page _______________________________________________ Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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