/steinway B

[Fenton Murray]

Agreed Terry, as I said in my post and learned. I made a complete rail and 
then realized I could have just re-caped it. I always do it wrong the first 
time, actually the first two times were wrong. Oh well, all that matters is 
that I do it again soon before I forget.
Fenton
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 12:46 PM
Subject: Re: /steinway B


>I would think it to be much easier to just cut a new rail and drill 
>away.....
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> Terry Farrell
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>I tried to plug and re-drill a guide rail recently and had some real 
>>problems as I redrilled the plug and had the paper thin walls of my plugs 
>>come apart. So that you might have better success, here are my methods 
>>that did not work. I used poplar and tight bond. If I were to do this 
>>again ( I won't because it's so easy to make a new cap for a guide rail) I 
>>would use maple plugs, I would be very careful in my drilling to create a 
>>nicely machined hole with out splitting the rail, and I would use epoxy. 
>>Hope this can help you avoid repeating my mistakes.
>> Fenton
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