---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi Fred, We ream the hole thickness with one of those German reaming= =20 tools before sizing holes, I wonder if that is the difference. I have=20 noted that the thickness of the bottom of the mortice is all over the map=20 from manufacturer to manufacturer, and quite a variance within one piano. Roger At 02:08 PM 3/25/2005, you wrote: >On 3/25/05 10:22 AM, "Roger Jolly" <roger.j@sasktel.net> wrote: > >Hi Fred > >like, say tite-bond (how would I know that?) Oh my! did you you do that= =20 >silly thing. I would never do that......... again.(G) > > >Hey, I=92ll try most anything that seems like it might work, and will save= =20 >some time and effort =96 with a bit of discretion as to what piano I try it= =20 >on. Which is one reason I love university work. Lots of pianos to=20 >experiment on where nobody will notice if it goes wrong. > On the subject of sizing BR holes using a BR pin chucked in a drill,= =20 > I have to agree with Mannino. I=92ve tried it and haven=92t had any luck.= =20 > Tried at various speeds and lengths of time (=3D heat, size, ironing=20 > effect). Bottom line, like Don, I think the hole has to be tapered from=20 > above, and the only way I can figure to do that is with an easer from=20 > above. 3 mm or so of cylindrical material the size of the pin is too=20 > much. 1 mm is about just right. (Oh, I used these simple-minded metric=20 > numbers because I was writing with Roger in mind. For the more=20 > intellectual on the list, who like to exercise their minds deciphering=20 > fractions, that would be about 1/8=94 and about 3/64=94. The English= system=20 > of measurement is such a wonderful heritage, I hope we never abandon it= <G>). >Regards, >Fred Sturm >University of New Mexico ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/8f/47/95/7a/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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