Becket breaker? - Technique

[Porritt, David]

No, material error.  There are some fiber reinforced larger, thicker
wheels that are really very tough.  They cut fast and last a long time.
Actually you'll just wear them down smaller rather than break them.

dp

David M. Porritt, RPT
dporritt at smu.edu


-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On
Behalf Of Phil Bondi
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 6:27 PM
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Subject: Re: Becket breaker? - Technique



Porritt, David wrote:
> Does no one else cut strings with a Dremel tool?  I take tension down
a 
> turn (well I did the last time I did any belly work) and then cut the 
> strings with the cutting wheel with a Dremel tool.  Very fast!
> 
David, I tried that. I was going through wheels like crazy.

Operator error?