---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Comment below. Erwinspiano@AOL.COM wrote: > In a message dated 1/13/2002 2:30:15 PM Pacific Standard Time, > gnewell@ameritech.net writes: > > > >> Subj:Re: my own Soundboard >> Date:1/13/2002 2:30:15 PM Pacific Standard Time >> From:gnewell@ameritech.net >> Reply-to:pianotech@ptg.org >> To:pianotech@ptg.org >> Sent from the Internet >> > > Hi Gregg > > The joint under discussion is replacing the butt joint between the > panel edges with a tongue and groove joint. Just so I'm VERY clear. (sorry to beat this point to death) your talking about the individual butt joints between the planks that make up the soundboard? > If you follow that then think about cutting this long > boardVERY,TOTALLY straight joint on some piece of machinery. Each > board must be cut Totally straight on both its edges and yes so there > are no gaps between. Also this is an advantage as Ron O said that > thinner thicknesses of spruce can be joined thereby saving material. > With grade A spruce at $8 to $10 a board foot (and the average panel > requireing 25 bd. ft of material) any screw ups are going to add up in > a hurry. > Hope that helps . I have trouble following my own train of thought > too. > > Dale Erwin > > What thicknesses do folks usually start with? Yes, I plan to taper the > edges. your point about possibly sanding through is a good one. I > hadn't thought of that ..... yet. Seem like some of the other router > bit joints could possibly work too. I see that the issue is not so > much in the stregth of the joint but rather in the exactness of the > glue up. I'll ask you too, do you know of any source for the GOOD > spruce? -- Greg Newell mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/68/d4/ff/47/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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