agraffe stub misery

[J Patrick Draine]

Thanks for the advice, one and all. I drove to the local Woodcraft Supply
and purchased the Snappy brand Drill Adapter Set Mike Spaulding recommended.
And since it was there, a pair of GraBit Damaged Screw Removers. The GraBit
won't help with this job (space too tight) but hopefully it will be useful
in the future.Thanks,
Patrick Draine

On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 6:00 PM, Mike Spalding <mike.spalding1 at verizon.net>
wrote:

> Patrick,
>
> google on "insty bit".  products include hex drive drill bit adapters (
> a set of hex drive collets, each one sized for a common drill size from
> 1/16 to 1/4)  and extensions.  I bought a set at the local Woodcraft
> store a couple years ago, and find them very useful for getting into
> tight places.
>
> Mike
>
> J Patrick Draine wrote:
> > Sure, sometimes it's EZ, but other times it's hell. The customer has a
> > big (7 ft or so) old (ca. 1889) H F Miller grand, and there's a popped
> > off agraffe at the note just above the top treble section strut. A
> > couple weeks ago I was at the customer's home, at which time I tuned &
> > voiced their Yamaha G3. After finishing that, I took a look at this
> > big ol' relic. I tried the "tap a snaggle toothed screwdriver into the
> > stub remnant & back it out" routine. Also the "see if you can tap it
> > counterclickwise to back it out" scenario. No go.
> > Well, I knew my left hand bits were back at home, so I packed it in
> > for the day. Made a follow-up appointment for earlier this morning.
> > Set my high torque drill and left hand bits down, opened the piano up
> > & took another look at that agraffe stub. OOK, it's RIGHT NEXT TO a
> > massive (3" or so tall) strut! The chuck on my drill is way too fat to
> > center the bit into the stub. So my plans to drill a hole into the
> > stub & spin it out were thwarted.
> > So what's my best option? I don't think I'm going to find a set of
> > superlong left handed bits. A very skinny flex shaft? Anyone have a
> > preferred brand? A while back my local hardware had a very lame
> > looking (no name China made) version -- I would prefer to get
> > something others have had success with.
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Patrick Draine RPT
>
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