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

[Farrell]

Thanks for the picture. It came through just fine. I see you have a plank that goes across the entire piano. What are its dimensions and what material is it (I see you also have a ?steel? reinforcement along the front edge)? Then the drill press is mounted on a separate board? What are its dimensions and construction? And that board just slides over the big board? Any kind of friction reduction apparatus between the two blocks (ball bearings, wheels, something to make it slide more easily)? Thanks.

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carl Meyer" <cmpiano@attbi.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 6:49 PM
Subject: Re: A "Fixture" for drilling P.Block in Piano/Farrell


> Terry, I'm sending you an attachment photo of the monster.  Its almost a half meg jpg.   I'll follow up with a description if you get it okay.
> 
> If any others want a copy of the photo, send me an e-mail  privately so that I can just click reply and send you the attachment privately.  It wont go thru the list (its too big)
> 
> I gotta get more familiar with photo editing etc.  Took me ages.  
> 
> 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 2:17 PM
> Subject: Re: A "Fixture" for drilling P.Block in Piano/Farrell
> 
> 
> > Yes, yes, yes! I'll be-a-waitin'! If it's as good as your slick key-leveling device that you sell (and that has improved my key-leveling results ten-fold), I'll take two!
> > 
> > Terry Farrell
> >   
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Carl Meyer" <cmpiano@attbi.com>
> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 4:45 PM
> > Subject: Re: A "Fixture" for drilling P.Block in Piano/Farrell
> > 
> > 
> > > 
> > > 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