[CAUT] various tool suppliers

[David Ilvedson]

Also...I do have 80 grit on a paddle and as far as hammers are concerned, it isn't showing any signs of wear...if I vacuum the fuzz out of the paddle it looks and feels like new.   Not the experience I have had with garnet paper...

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, California



----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Alan McCoy" <amccoy at mail.ewu.edu>
To: "College and University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org>
Received: 6/12/2006 10:34:05 AM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] various tool suppliers


>Hi David,

>Have you found a place to purchase Hermes abrasives?

>Alan


>-- Alan McCoy, RPT
>Eastern Washington University
>amccoy at mail.ewu.edu
>509-359-4627


>> From: David Ilvedson <ilvey at sbcglobal.net>
>> Reply-To: <ilvey at sbcglobal.net>, "College and University Technicians
>> <caut at ptg.org>" <caut at ptg.org>
>> Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 15:18:27 -0700
>> To: <caut at ptg.org>
>> Subject: Re: [CAUT] various tool suppliers
>> 
>> I was a strip filer before I went to the Yamaha seminar.   I am now a paddler
>> only.   Yamaha provided us with a sheet of sandpaper from "Hermes"....80 grit
>> for the paddle.   Max, Yamaha Master Tech, said his paddle was 4 years
>> old...never changed the sandpaper!   The paddle is just a piece of thin
>> wood...1 inch or so wide by 6 inches long.   No handle.   Held between index
>> and middle finger lightly with thumb pressing down lightly.   We worked from
>> the front side of the hammer up to the top, lightened up on the pressure over
>> the top and then down the other side.   I am having success with Renner Blues
>> even...
>> 
>> David Ilvedson, RPT
>> Pacifica, California
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ----- Original message ----------------------------------------
>> From: "Fred Sturm" <fssturm at unm.edu>
>> To: "College and University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org>
>> Received: 6/9/2006 11:44:50 AM
>> Subject: Re: [CAUT] various tool suppliers
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jun 8, 2006, at 8:15 PM, Debra Feiger wrote:
>> 
>>>> I'm trying to find vendors for a few items if anyone
>>>> can help me find out who sells:
>>>> 
>>>> magnetic let-off strips,
>>>> good sharp scissors to cut felt,
>>> mustache scissors, cosmetic section of drug store or whatever. Or go
>>> to your local fabric store and check out their selection. Or you can
>>> spend $100 and up at a gourmet knife and scissors emporium <G>.
>>>> a tilter for upright pianos,
>>> Schaff's is fine. I bought one for the U from them about 2 - 3 years
>>> ago. Don't know what else is available.
>>>> the best quality bushing cloth/felt (is Schaff's as
>>>> good as Renner's and Pianotec'?),
>>> Probably quality is the same (probably both from Hainesworth (?sp?),
>>> as Charles House is gone). I buy from Pianotek as the selection is or
>>> has been better than anyone else's (they used to carry both Charles
>>> House and Hainesworth, in several thicknesses. They might still have
>>> some Charles House in stock. I use BU-6, 7, 8, 9. I find selection of
>>> thickness critical to a good job, so I want multiple thicknesses on
>>> hand to choose from.
>>>> sandpaper (is 3M garnett the best and can you buy it
>>>> already backed (for hammer filing)?
>>> Garnet is the best natural material. There are several synthetics
>>> that work quite well. I find aluminum oxide quite workable for most
>>> purposes. To glue it to a paddle, use double-sided carpet tape (tip
>>> courtesy of Eric. I guess he forgot to tell you <g>). Me, I'm a strip
>>> sander, and use individual hammer sized strips for all my coarse
>>> hammer filing, backed with scotch tape for strength and smoothness.
>>> Wider strips to "shoe-shine" the crowns in fine grits. I find I can
>>> get better control that way, though it does take practice to get the
>>> needed skill.
>>>>   Also Eric
>>>> Schandal recommends C and not D weight. Comments?
>>> I dunno. You'll have to ask him why.
>>>> 
>>>> thanks everybody
>>>> Debra
>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> Fred Sturm
>>> University of New Mexico
>>> fssturm at unm.edu