---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment Ron, That sounds appropriate. I think that perhaps a compass will work= =20 here. If I follow the first cut with the point and make a mark with the=20 pencil I should get the result I'm after, no? The first curve was made with= =20 a thin piece of wood where I specified a beginning, middle, and ending=20 point and allowed the arc to develop on it's own. It just so happens to=20 mirror the effect on the opposite side of the bridge. Greg At 02:27 PM 6/2/2003, you wrote: >>Thanks Ron! For the mathematically challenged, how do you go about=20 >>calculating that radii? Actually the sacrificial piece sounds like a good= =20 >>plan but I'd still like to know how to calculate it anyway. For this=20 >>sacrificial piece, is it better if it is thicker and cut with kerfs in=20 >>order to make the bend? >> >>Greg >> >> >>P.S. it's a cut off beam > >What did you use to make the curve in the first place? I'll look it up if= =20 >you want, but if you have either an inside or outside curve you like,=20 >space the two cauls apart the distance of slightly less than the=20 >thickness of the laminate stack in the center, and equal distances apart=20 >at the ends, clamp them down so they don't move, and scribe the one you=20 >want to change directly off of the other with either a marking gage, or a= =20 >series of measurements and marks, and connect the dots with a spline. > >Ron N > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > Greg Newell Greg's piano Fort=E9 mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net=20 ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment--
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