[CAUT] various tool suppliers

[Horace Greeley]

Hi, Alan, David,

Quoting Alan McCoy <amccoy at mail.ewu.edu>:

> Hi David,
>
> Have you found a place to purchase Hermes abrasives?

It used to be available here:

http://abrasives4sale.com/

..probably still is.

Also, you can probably get a list of US vendors from the manufacturer:

http://www.hermesabrasives.com/

I've used their ceramic blue sheets

http://www.hermesabrasives.com/info/sapphireblue.html

for years, but used to buy it by the fold and have not needed to in a while.

Hope this helps.

Best.

Horace


>
> 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
>
>
>