Mitre saw keyfront removal.

[Mike Kurta]

    Table saw works better-no flex or wobble, more accurate and safer too.
    Mike Kurta
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From: <tune4u@earthlink.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 9:15 PM
Subject: RE: Mitre saw keyfront removal.


> Sounds very reasonable. I'd want to make darned sure nothing moved, so
maybe
> a mark scribed or drawn on the sawbed or guide at the end of your clamped
> stop block?
>
> Alan
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On
> Behalf Of gordon stelter
> Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 7:53 PM
> To: Pianotech
> Subject: Mitre saw keyfront removal.
>
>
> I haven't tried this yet, but it occurred to me that
> an accurate way to remove keyfronts with a "chop-saw"
> might be as follows:
>      1) Place a key to the left or right of the saw
> blade, depending on the "dogleg's" necessity to stay
> clear of rear fence. Place it under the blade so that
> exactly the right amount will be trimmed off.
>       2) Take a block of some stable material and butt
> it against that key's front. Then clamp another block
> to the saw base, butted up against the far end of the
> first.
>       3) Now, by butting your "measuring block"
> against the permanently clamped "stop block" and then
> clamping the key in place against the "measuring
> block" before tremoving it, the keys should all have
> exactly the same amount of front trimmed off,
> presuming no blade wobble.
>      If anyone has a better idea, I would love to hear
> of it.
>      Thanks!
>      Thump
>
>
>
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