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Topic: removing pins from fingers |
Steven Welborn
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Ojai,CA USA
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Posted 29 Jul 2010 7:20 pm |
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the little pins that you hook the string onto.
I want to resurface the changer fingers with the changer in a vice intact and rapping emery cloth round it shoe shine fashion. The pins out will allow the cloth to rap around the fingers more evenly.
They come out with a vice grip and tap back in ok?
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Jim Palenscar
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Oceanside, Calif, USA
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Posted 29 Jul 2010 8:01 pm
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Doug Palmer
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Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 2 Aug 2010 6:40 pm ?
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? I wouldn't do that!
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Steven Welborn
From:
Ojai,CA USA
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Posted 2 Aug 2010 6:47 pm
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| Doug...you're saying you wouldnt take the pins out OR wouldnt sand the changer fingers that way? |
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Doug Palmer
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Posted 3 Aug 2010 5:01 am pins
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I wouldn't remove the pins. If you can get them out they might be loose when you try to re-pin them. I would remove the fingers and buff the tops on a buffing wheel with the finger pins in.
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Jim Palenscar
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Oceanside, Calif, USA
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Posted 3 Aug 2010 7:17 am
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| It has been my experience that simply buffing the fingers won't remove the deep scratches that are usually present that have warranted the repair in the first place. Also- it would be difficult to maintain the appropriate radius while continuing to have a flat surface using a buffer alone. Having said that, due to the soft nature of the aluminum in the finger vs. the hard steel in the pin, I would apply some JB Weld or other adhesive in resetting the pins. |
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Doug Palmer
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Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 3 Aug 2010 2:08 pm Re-Pin
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Jim, that might work. I use a small flat file first, then buff.
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Jim Palenscar
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Oceanside, Calif, USA
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Posted 3 Aug 2010 3:10 pm
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| It would scare me to use a file on a radius for fear of losing the radius. I attempt to lap it with 400 grit wet/dry like shining shoes so that the original radius is governing the cut- more easily done off the guitar but can be done on the guitar with care not to let the debris fall into the changer and ruin the axle (which I've seen) by blocking it off with wet cotton or tissue which is a bit of a pain. |
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Doug Palmer
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Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 3 Aug 2010 3:23 pm fingers
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Jim, you are right. You can't take much metal off. You can also move the finger to a different position. Example, switch finger #3 with finger #7.
Doug
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Steven Welborn
From:
Ojai,CA USA
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Posted 3 Aug 2010 3:25 pm
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| That point i needed to hear. Im going to stick something down there from now on. Doing the fingers while changer is mounted is th most tedious thing there is about these instruments (for me) . Its almost worth it just to unhook everything and do it the other way(whole changer/shoe shine). I'd think there'd be less tendancy to "round" the finger edges and maintain flatness and uniformity too. |
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