Gordon, I used 5/16" because it replaced the flat head counter sunk screw that the plate was originally held down with. This kept a clean look from the front side anyway. There was no room for anything larger or alternative placements. Kinda tight in there. Greg At 08:27 PM 6/21/2005, you wrote: >I'd go fatter than 5/16' bolts. Doubt you could torqe >them enough. also: let the tension off the strings >some. > Thump > > >--- Susan Kline <skline@peak.org> wrote: > > > Hi, Greg > > > > I'm guessing here -- I leave this kind of major > > surgery to other folks -- > > but I wonder if it could be hung up on fragments of > > your hide glue which > > cracked off when the joint failed? Maybe if you > > inserted some steam or very > > hot water, and then tried to pull it tight? > > > > Failing that, if you have real confidence in the > > security of your bolts, > > perhaps you could lay a bead of slow-set epoxy > > along the crack, and then > > thin it down with a heat gun until it got sucked > > into the seam, repeating > > until it is filled. It doesn't look like a gaping > > chasm, thank heavens. > > > > Susan > > > > At 10:49 PM 6/20/2005 -0400, you wrote: > > >Greetings list members, > > > I can't believe we're just back from the > > National convention and > > > already I'm faced with a weird problem. I'm > > attempting to re-glue the > > > back to pin block glue joint on an old S&S > > console. I slathered the glue > > > in (hot hide) and left it in about a week prior to > > leaving for the > > > convention. The day before I left I took off the > > clamps and tried to > > > raise the tension back up. (Yes, I let it down > > first). When I was > > > reapplying tension from the treble down I got to > > the low tenor and all > > > seemed fine. As I progressed into the bass region > > I started hearing funny > > > sounds and then it let go right where I had glued > > it. Before catching my > > > airplane I ordered 6" flat head 5/16" machine > > screws from McMaster - Carr > > > in order to drill and bolt all the way through and > > put washers and nuts > > > out the back side. I just finished doing that and > > can't seem to close the > > > gap all the way. The pictures in the attachment > > are what it looks like > > > now. Any thoughts? Would it be completely wrong to > > drill a new hole in > > > the raised trim of the plate? Just one would draw > > it together I'd bet but > > > it seems a little dicey to drill there. > > > > > >Thanks, > > >Greg > > > > > > > > >Greg Newell > > >Greg's piano Forté > > >mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >pianotech list info: > > https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: > > https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > > > >__________________________________ >Yahoo! Mail Mobile >Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. >http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives Greg Newell Greg's piano Forté mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net
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