True, I guess I was hoping that whomever drilled would take that into account and go up two sizes (or three - aaacccckkkk!) as necessary to get the desired fit. If the desired fit isn't achievable with this method, replace the block. William R. Monroe On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 11:14 PM, Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net> wrote: > William Monroe wrote: > >> Though, some may disagree with reaming........ ;-] >> >> Like me. >> I would prefer to set up the drill press for drilling in the piano, with >> the plate in, for larger size pins. Reaming schmeeming, I say. >> In my mind the process you propose to undertake is (in some ways) no >> different than the way I drill every new pin block - in the piano, with two >> passes. In this case, the first pass has been done for you, and all you >> have to do is drill the final size. I drill 1/4" to start, then G, or H, or >> whatever test bit worked well. So in your case, you only need to drill the >> "second pass" and away you go. It helps to have a nice rig. Mine, like so >> many others out there is a copy of the (in)famous Nossaman "Hovercraft" >> Drill Press. >> > > Only yours is much prettier than mine. I considered this when I read the > original post, but it's going to be tough to ream (drill) for the "next > size" from 0.282" to an appropriate size for 0.286" and still get an > adequate interference fit to produce the necessary torque. > Ron N > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100607/9d8fd745/attachment.htm>
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