Help on preparation for the written test... Paul

[Ron Nossaman]

Good idea!

Ron N



>Hi Paul,
>
>You were speaking of setting a Baldwin plate.  I had to rebuild a newer
>SF-10 last year due to water damage.  I was a little confused as to how that
>plate was set at first, but Kent Webb visited our store just in time to tell
>us how it's done.
>
>The plate bolts are indeed bolts, not lag screws.  The plate has threaded
>holes that the bolts go through, and there are also threaded mechanical
>fasteners within the inner rim of the case.  Once the bolts are started into
>both threaded portions, the plate height is set.  It will not move up or
>down by tightening the bolt.  If you can picture having two nuts on that
>bolt about 2 inches apart, and turning the bolt in the nuts 3 full turns,
>the two nuts will still be 2 inches apart, provided they haven't been
>stopped by the head or come off the end of the bolt.  That gives you the
>basic concept.  To actually find the right setting for the plate, I used
>some old packing straps from a piano crate and made some thin pieces of 3/4"
>wide steel about 18" long (nothing critical here about dimensions).  I
>placed them under the bolt coming down through the plate at several points
>so that I could actually use the bolt to raise and lower the plate to the
>height I wanted it to be.  Then I put in several bolts that went all the way
>into the fasteners in the inner rim, and the height was set.  It wouldn't
>move.  Then just back our the bolts over the steel a little, pull out the
>steel, put in the rest of the bolts, and there it is.  I think it's a neat
>setup, one of the things I like about the Baldwins.
>
>Just had to chime in a bit.
>
>Have a good day.
>
>Brian Trout
>Quarryville, Pa.
>btrout@desupernet.net
>
>
 Ron N