work table/sign

[Farrell]

Boy, I don't know Joe. Why take the piano all apart? (Well, you might want to take the action out and a few of the loose panels.) Just find an old piano (I used a Betsy Ross spinet - 36 inches tall.....er, a, wide/deep) that has the front legs attached to that extension of the case at their base (what are those things called? - all old uprights have them.). Tip the piano forward so that the front leg extension and the key bed are pointing down.

OK. There ya go! You have a table! Or at least the HEAVY DUTY frame with short legs. Just lengthen the legs to taste (I bolted a couple 2x6s on there) and add a flat top (I used oak and maple planks).

What is really cool is that each tool you drop on it will make a different cord/sound!

It really does make a nice heavy, stable, flat, etc. table. I made my top VERY flat and level and I use if for bench regulation, etc. (I have pics if you want.)

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe And Penny Goss" <imatunr@srvinet.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 2:49 PM
Subject: Re: work table/sign


> Hi Terry,
> On the sign, you might want to check with local laws that might restrict you
> from doing that.
> And if you have an old clunker just sitting
> in the shop the back posts would make good legs and the bottom board a small
> top or use it to cover and protect the end gate of your pickup when hauling
> a piano.
> The ends of the old upright placed together to make a larger table.
> I save the skid boards if still intact for those pianos that no longer have
> a solid board.
> Joe Goss
> imatunr@srvinet.com
> www.mothergoosetools.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "pianolover 88" <pianolover88@hotmail.com>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 11:46 AM
> Subject: work table/sign
> 
> 
> > I need some advice on building a workshop table. What would be the best
> > all-around size/dimensions, and would pine be sufficient for the top? I
> was
> > thinking of 4/4"'s for the legs.
> >
> > Also, has anyone on the list ever put a sign in front of your house,
> > advertising your business? I live on a fairly high traffic street, and I
> had
> > the idea to have a double sided sign made, and then hang it from a sign
> > post, kinda like those real estate thingees. Thanks all!
> >
> > Terry
> >
> >
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