capo work

[mccleskey112 at bellsouth.net]

Why not use a coved out sanding block with the sanding cloth. Would that 
work?
GM
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Ilvedson" <ilvey at sbcglobal.net>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2007 6:05 PM
Subject: RE: capo work


> When I file I run the file the length of the capo in one stroke, then the 
> other side...trying to be even (as best I can in close quarters)
>
> David Ilvedson, RPT
> Pacifica, CA  94044
>
> ----- Original message ----------------------------------------
> From: "John Delacour" <JD at Pianomaker.co.uk>
> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Received: 12/9/2007 3:00:04 PM
> Subject: RE: capo work
>
>
>>At 14:16 -0800 9/12/07, David Ilvedson wrote:
>
>>>The scraping idea is intriguing...although I've never found cast
>>>iron hard to file...
>
>>No, nor have I, but to achieve a perfectly regular 2mm or other
>>radius along the length of the bar using files strikes me as a bit of
>>a challenge.
>
>>JD