A "Fixture" for drilling P.Block in Piano/Farrell

[Carl Meyer]

Terry, I've put a lot of effort into building a better mouse trap.  Finally, I have a patent for a ball bearing mouse trap.  Can't seem to sell any,  most people have one already.  They call them "Tom cats".

I, too, have a pinblock drilling machine.  Not very sophisticated "Needlessly complicated"  and only about 60 lbs.
Give me a day or so to scan some pictures and I'll post them soon.

Carl Meyer  Assoc. PTG
Santa Clara, California
cmpiano@attbi.com 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 12:51 PM
Subject: Re: A "Fixture" for drilling P.Block in Piano/Farrell


> Hmmm. Anything more you can tell me? What CAD program do you have? What file type does it have? I need to build something as I have a square grand with a plugged (1/2" plugs) pinblock that will need to be drilled soon. There was the recent article in the Journal regarding a platform that is attached to the piano and the drill press slides around on that. Maybe yours is better. Just looking for the best mousetrap (that is not too hard to build! Thanks.
> 
> Terry Farrell
>   
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Joseph Garrett" <joegarrett@earthlink.net>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 11:39 AM
> Subject: A "Fixture" for drilling P.Block in Piano/Farrell
> 
> 
> > Terry et al,
> > I have a "fixture" for this operation. It consists of a platform, with
> > casters, (heavy duty!), a cabinet with adjustable support legs, a hinged
> > top, (2" butcher block 24" x 24"), an extra base for my radial drill press,
> > three various length columns and extension shelves inside the cabinet that
> > house my stash of tuning pins. Total weight: approx. 750 lbs! One of these
> > days I plan on giving a class on this do-dad in plugging pinblocks and
> > drilling in the piano. Also, If I can ever get the time to learn how to make
> > my CAD program draw, I'll have a blueprint, too.
> > regards,
> > 
> > Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon)
> > 
>