Now what if you had a piece of plastic that a slot in it for the roller knife to ride in. The cloth would be trapped under a larger area and would be less likely to move...? Just some Sunday morning dreaming.... David I. ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Brad Smith" <staff@smithpiano.com> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> Received: 9/18/2005 5:03:12 AM Subject: RE: Accurate cutting strips of cloth for D >Hi Michael, >I use the same setup, but not just a straight edge. >I mark a line with a pen for my cut. >Then, I put a straight-edged, clear, 1/8" thick plastic sheet over top of the strip that I'm >about to cut. >So, the skinny strip that I want, is now trapped under the plastic, and my target cutting >line is right on the edge of the plastic. >Keep good pressure, roll your cutter along your line at the edge of the plastic. >You'll find that you favor one side of the cutter, because it allows you a better view of >how the blade is matching >against the straight edge. TaDA....You have a nicely cut piece. Works for buckskin >too, when recovering backchecks. >If you go a little wide of the line, no problem, this method allows you to make another >pass to trim an existing piece of material >if needed. The other way (with the desired felt strip sticking out from under your straight >edge) >gives you no room for error. Don't be cheap about using a nice new sharp blade, too. >Another idea: I haven't needed to do this, but I have thought about making a thin >straight cut in the plastic, which would act as a >blade guide for the roller blade. That would allow even better control, I imagine. >The plastic can be found at craft stores, and some home improvement stores. >It's too stiff to use for bridge patterns, but is an excellent indexing tool for rebuilding, >pinblock location, etc. >For example, I made a hammer centering jig with it, that allowed me to quickly position >and mark the strike point on new hammers >before installation. And, I used it to do careful indexing of fallboard hardware pivot point, >when installing one of those fallboard >decelerators (See http://www.pianofortesupply.com/fallboarddeceler.html ) in a grand >piano. >The pivot point is crucial, and the plastic allows me to get an excellent reference for >where to drill a new hole in the side of a >perfectly good piano. :-) >Best regards, >Brad Smith, RPT >www.smithpiano.com > -----Original Message----- >From: Michael Gamble [mailto:michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk] >Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 3:37 AM >To: pianotech@ptg.org >Subject: Re: Accurate cutting strips of cloth for Damper backing >Hello List >Anyone got any bright ideas on how to cut cloth (or felt) in really parallel >strips and at a specific width for use on damper backing? The original was >indeed cloth, not felt, the weave is plain to see at the sides. I have a >"roller" type knife, one of those rubbery green mats (a large one) marked >out in small squares, and a long straight-edge used for key-levelling. The >problem is to stop the felt from shifting under the knife! (don't we all?) >Regards >Michael G.(UK) >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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