my own Soundboard

[Greg Newell]

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Can a cantilevered drum sander such as the Delta or the Performax be set
to sand in a way other than parallel to the table? I didn't see anything
relating this on any sites.

Greg

Delwin D Fandrich wrote:

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>      ----- Original Message -----
>      From: Farrell
>      To: pianotech@ptg.org
>      Sent: January 16, 2002 4:57 AM
>      Subject: Re: my own Soundboard
>       So then you are gluing up your 24" subpanels after they
>      have been planed to the soundboard's final thickness (not
>      counting edge tapering)? Can one edge glue accurately enough
>      to get a real even subpanel-to-subpanel joint (no step from
>      one to the other)? I was envisioning gluing up a whole
>      soundboard panel that was thicker than needed and then
>      (after driving the panel to a shop with BIG sanders/planers)
>      running the whole thing through a planer device to get your
>      nice consistent final (before tapering) thickness. If I am
>      understanding your process, you do the above on your smaller
>      subpanels, but then when you have glued your subpanels
>      together, you do any slight evening up by a hand plane or
>      sanding (or maybe even that is not needed?)? Thanks. Terry
>      Farrell
>
> No. We thickness to 9 mm then sand to final thickness. We have a large
> stroke sander that makes the job a bit easier.
>
> We did try a drum sander once but without much success. The spruce
> gummed it up pretty bad. I'd be interested on the experience of
> others.
>
> Del
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Greg Newell
mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net


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