So, after hours of sanding the flaking parts and bubbled areas around the pins, desperately trying my hardest to save the original scales. I thought I was ready to attach the scale back to the liner... I picked out the correct size brass stock, cut it. Placed it on my little doming die, using a little 1 oz hammer, started on the inside of the scale, getting it flat, then moving on to the outside... well, I guess I had it to long, bent it. Started the removal, filed down the "dome" (wasn't even close), went to the inside, filed (should have drilled it with my little manual drill), thought I had enough material removed... drove the stupid crooked pin out gingerly... and wouldn't you know it... this happened.
I now get to make a new set...
Mr. Bill, do you start the repinning process by doing the inside of the liner first, then moving to the outside? Before I attempt and ruin another scale, I thought I should ask first... I'm all for trial and error, but horn is to expensive for my normal process...
Welp... it all went down hill... scale reattachment/pin peening
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Welp... it all went down hill... scale reattachment/pin peening
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Re: Welp... it all went down hill... scale reattachment/pin peening
Damn... sorry man
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Re: Welp... it all went down hill... scale reattachment/pin peening
Customer: My engine's making a terrible noise.
Mechanic looks, listens and gets a big hammer and whacks the engine hard. Noise stops.
Mechanic: That'll be $300.
Customer: $300! All you did was hit it with a hammer!
Mechanic: I'm not charging you for labor, just for knowing WHERE to hit it!
I usually start on the inside. Leave just a little more than 1/2 the diameter of the pin exposed. Don't tap so hard you bend the pin-you are just trying to upset the head.
I'll send you my bill.......
Mechanic looks, listens and gets a big hammer and whacks the engine hard. Noise stops.
Mechanic: That'll be $300.
Customer: $300! All you did was hit it with a hammer!
Mechanic: I'm not charging you for labor, just for knowing WHERE to hit it!
I usually start on the inside. Leave just a little more than 1/2 the diameter of the pin exposed. Don't tap so hard you bend the pin-you are just trying to upset the head.
I'll send you my bill.......
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Factory authorized repairs for:
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Re: Welp... it all went down hill... scale reattachment/pin peening
Hahaha, it's obvious I'm heavy handed with an itty bitty hammer... I shall attempt this again, but not on this one... found some pretty decent horn, at a violin shop oddly. By the time that gets here, I should be better. Thank you again Mr. Bill.
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