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Originally Posted by FNG
I just got off the phone with my local luthier. He recommended rubbing the endpin real fast, and the moisture in your hand and the friction will make the endpin swell slightly, and will create a much tighter fit in the hole. He was a little aghast that someone would actually stick a soldering iron in their end pin hole. He said if you stick a soldering iron in your end pin hole as recommened, it will swell up so fast you couldn't drive an end pin in that hole with a hammer.
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He's never done it before then. Its a safe effective way to "shrink" the hole.
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Instruments I own.
2004 Martin DC16 GTE Custom (1 & 13/16" nut) w/ Fishman Prefix Stereo Onboard Blender
1999 BC Rich Warlock N.J. Series (import)
2009 Lanikai LU21
Dunlop shaker egg
Alesis DM10 Pro