Pivot screws
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Hi guys. Without a quick and easy screw keypad enter selection using my RELS. making new instrument key pivot screws on a lathe using standard gear changing, even if possible would be a real nightmare and RELS taper turning on a compound?slide ( I removed mine), Gr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! , again I use the RELS. If I need to cut a new pitch not?already in RELS memory, I just add onto the spread sheet, alter the Tables.h and get the job done. The attached photos are just some of the key pivot screws that the instrument manufacturers use.? Imperial, Japanese metric, std ISO metric and the odd ball French pitches, LOL Of course all of the above info is not necessary if you only intend to repair grandads broken flymo grass cutter. LOL I am a serious daily RELS user. Cheers John |
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Thanks Ralph You can see from the pivot screw charts how much I depend on the RELS. It is very common for these screws to fall out if the band kids do not do regular? maintenance of their instruments. Unfortunately with the total collapse of the instrument manufacturing business? in the USA and some of the EU countries, buying spare parts?is impossible. Famous US names like the very prestigious?CONN or BUECHER and other makes were a pivotal hub of engineering in Indiana, Elkhart , I guess you call it the Rust Belt and with all the BS from politicians about restoring these and many other skilled engineering facilities, the skilled people are (a) not around anymore, (b) young kids do not seem to want apprenticeships to learn skills. Try?and imagine a skilled man taking a?flat piece of brass,?and rolling it round? to make a?saxophone,?plus the toolmakers that naturally made all the very complex tooling to support the manufacturing. The rug has been pulled from under our feet while we slept. Most new instruments are imported from China, the most prestigious?instruments currently being manufactured?by Yamaha Japan. So the moral is, don?t pick a fight with China, 80% of all items owned by normal families are manufactured?and imported into the US and Europe, even the food we eat. Sad but true. What the future kids will do for work, I do not know. No work equals no tax being paid, so no social benefit?money, all a downward spiral. Seriously MAD MAX is not far around the corner. The dog eats?dog syndrome. Cheers John On Thu, 20 Apr 2023 at 03:23, Ralph Hulslander <rhulslander@...> wrote:
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John Lindo
