impacted shop practices

[David Ilvedson]

Have you tried it for chip tuning?...;-]

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Received: 6/10/2008 4:23:06 PM
Subject: impacted shop practices




>For years, I've used an impact wrench to pull tuning pins, and 
>think it's terrific. Recently, I used it to take out a set of 
>plate screws with an appropriate 3/8" square drive bit (Apex). 
>It worked wonderfully! The screws literally *leaped* out of 
>the pinblock as fast as I could move from one screw to the 
>next. Some of them even jumped clear out of the piano and I 
>had to chase them down. Today, I thought "what the heck", or 
>something along those lines, and used the same bit to drive 
>then back into the new block. I'm sold. I installed all of 
>what looked like at least 900 very shiny plate screws in about 
>15 or 20 minutes without breaking a sweat or chipping paint. 
>And that was being cautious. Screw heads look good too.

>This may be something everyone on the planet but me already 
>knew, but if you didn't already, you ought to consider looking 
>into it.

>Ron N