impacted shop practices

[Michael Spreeman]

Try using grade 8 chrome flat head socket screws, or stainless show polished.  No slips, no broken screws.  Works swell for nosebolts too.
 
"HEY, aren't you supposed to be getting a piano ready for the National??",,  
 
Oh yeah,, THAT.  Ok,, back to work! 
                Michael Spreeman http://www.spreemanpianoinnovations.com

> Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:08:54 -0500> From: rnossaman at cox.net> To: pianotech at ptg.org> Subject: Re: impacted shop practices> > > > Alrighty then. I got one... so I'm trying it.> > Up till now I have used a brace & bit...Carefully. But its' a hard > > work. I usually fit all the screws to the new block before finishing > > just to avoid those famous words........oooops!!! MAn I hate that> > Dale> > I hate that too. I'd been running a long screw of the same > diameter into the block with my 3/8" VSR drill, which takes a > lot of the work out of driving them by hand, either with a > brace or ratchet, but it's still work. The biggest potential > problem I see with the impact is breaking the heads of old > screws. I started replacing old pinblock screws years ago > because of that, and was driving them by hand.> > If we had any sense, we'd just switch to Robertson's and get > it over with.> Ron N
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