I would try a becket breaker. John Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia On 13-02-2012, at 1:21 AM, Joseph Garrett wrote: > Rob said: > "I'm repinning a grand with oversized pins and upon attempting to remove > the becket from the old pins to take the old pins out, I've discovered the > major pain in the bu** that can materialize from careless CA work. > > Apparently, it was too difficult to direct the CA at the bottom of the > tuning pin, and instead an easier route was chosen to just pour the CA over > the coil and let it run down into the hole. Since I'm now repinning, the CA > didn't work all that well on pin tightness, but it was most excellent at > insuring the becket was unable to leave it's little home in the tuning pin. > ;-)" > > Regards, > > Rob, > I'd just suggest you get busy with a big honkin' set of diagonal cutters. > Snip the wires and then back the pins out with either a reversable drill or > air drill. No biggy, imo. Why do you need to take the wire out of the > becket hole? In reality, you're just going to toss those old pins anyway. > So, what's the big deal?<G> > It's obvious that someone really didn't understand how one is supposed to > apply CA. I suspect it was the wrong vicosity, as well. > That's my take on it.<G> > Joe > > > Joe Garrett, R.P.T. > Captain of the Tool Police > Squares R I > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20120213/405d3e73/attachment.htm>
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