Go bars

[Jon Page]

Be aware of the upwards pressure you are exerting on the ceiling.

Special 'presses' were used to glue-up sound boards when using go-bars
in factories or shops. Special consideration needs to be applied here.

Jon Page

At 02:25 PM 09/10/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>
>List,
>
>I also wanted to add that once you get the "idea" of go-bars in your
>repertoire, you may find yourself using this basic concept in other repairs.
>I have on occasion used small pieces of wood, plastic, credit cards,etc., to
>use like a go-bar to hold something in place when a C-clamp or spring clamp
>would not fit, or work best.  I have used the idea on veneer, soundboard
>edges in an upright, misc action parts, etc where either the clamp throat
>was not deep enough, or something else prevented me from using conventional
>clamping/screwing.  When you're in a bind, go-bars come to mind.
>
>If the ceiling or whatever is above the part to be clamped is not the right
>height, you can clamp a 2x4(s) above/across the piano or workbench with pipe
>clamps to make a surface that can be clamped against. So, insert the idea
>and it will come to mind later when nothing else will work.
>
>Lance Lafargue, RPT
>Mandeville, LA
>New Orleans Chapter
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf
>Of Roger Jolly
>Sent: Thursday, September 09, 1999 10:30 PM
>To: pianotech@ptg.org
>Subject: Re: Go bars
>
>
>Hi Bob,
>           One area of our shop has a 7 1/2ft ceiling, bend the bars like a
>bow and it makes glueing bridges and caps easy. Since the ceiling is fixed
>the dowel in the foot along with the shims enable us to adjust for
>different heights in pianos and bridges.  Using them about 4 to 5" apart
>gives a lot of clamping pressure.
>Regards Roger
>
>
>At 07:06 PM 09/09/99 -0400, you wrote:
>>Sorry for this obvious (?) question:  What in the blazes is a "go Bar".
>Now
>>I know what a go-go dancer is, and I know what "going for broke" is, but
>what
>>is a go bar?
>>
>>Bob Bergantino, RPT, the uninformed
>>Willoughby Hills, Ohio
>>
>Roger Jolly
>BaldwinYamaha Piano Centre
>Saskatoon and Regina
>Saskatchewan, Canada.
>306-665-0213
>Fax 652-0505
>  
Jon Page,  Harwich Port,  Cape Cod,  Mass.  mailto:jpage@capecod.net
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