"Downer" piano

Farrell mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com
Tue Aug 5 13:44:13 MDT 2008


Hole cutter - epoxy together as many inch-thick (or however thick) hardwood 
disks together to make up however long a plug you need.

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message ----- 
> David asks:
> << it looks like the large
> lag screws it was attached with had just been ripped out of their
> holes. How would one fill or otherwise reconstruct those holes in the
> back of the case so that the screws would have something to be
> screwed into?  >>
>
> And Ed Foote replies from his hospital bed.....
>   I have had great success with installing 1/2 plugs made from Falconwood 
> or
> Delignit.  If the tear was larger than that, perhaps a 3/4" plug would be
> called for.  I haven't actually seen a tenon cutter that big, but I bet 
> there is
> one made.




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