Was it something I said?

[Farrell]

I have wanted to make shims out of an old board, but the old board thickness
being approximately that of the target board stopped me. How in the world to
you do a shim without the new shim being at least a bit thicker than the
target board - and preferably like 3/4" thick. If the shim is thicker than
the board, then you just cut the shim bottom a little more narrow than the
routed out slot and trim out for the ribs and you get an absolutely perfect
fit with virtually no measurement. How do you do it with an old board. I
like the idea, especially for the color match.

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Trout" <btrout@desupernet.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 4:43 PM
Subject: Re: Was it something I said?


> John wrote:
> > Cut shims from old boards instead. They're already dry.
>
> I used to do that very thing, John.  I got tired of having to deal with
the
> new shim stock that was always presented to me (when I worked at in a
> store's shop) so I did just that.  I found an old board or two and cut out
> my own shims.  Took a little time, but not that much.  It was interesting
to
> me to see a couple of the other techs who were also doing shimming head
> straight for the ones I had cut out and leave the "new ones" laying on the
> shelf.
>
> Never really noticed any difference in durability of the repairs in the
long
> run, either.  But it usually did make for a closer color match.
>
> FWIW...
>
> Brian Trout
> Quarryville, PA
> btrout@desupernet.net
>
>