keytop planer

[Fenton Murray]

Not good at directions or following orders. Sorry Terry, my bad. Been that 
way all my life. Must pay better attention.
Fenton
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2008 3:22 PM
Subject: Re: keytop planer


>I thought the following quote from my previous post would have been enough 
>of a clue:
> "> Hi Fenton - I use a drum sander for many applications (not for 
> keytops)."
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> ;-)
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> I've never done a set of keytops in my life. Always have sent them out. If 
> I were to do them, a small drum sander would likely work very well. I have 
> a small rubber drum about 3 inches in diameter and maybe 4 inches long 
> from Sears. I'd chuck that into my Shop Smith and grind away....
>
> Terry Farrell
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Fenton Murray" <fmurray at cruzio.com>
> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2008 3:42 PM
> Subject: Re: keytop planer
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>> Terry,
>> Below is what I was refering to. I think you and I have the same 
>> thickness sander, Jet 10/20. Anyway, are you saying you use this for 
>> stock removal in keytop preparations? Norm's sanding drum on the drill 
>> press and your Jet 10/20 with a sanding belt feed both need a little more 
>> technique explained to me.
>> Fenton
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>>>Another approach I have used is mount a sanding drum in the drill press 
>>>Shopsmith and adjust a fence to the correct thickness. The key is run hru 
>>>on is side and a stop can be placed on the fence to limit travel ack. 
>>>This gives a nice smooth sanded surface without the hard line ehind the 
>>>new keytop.
>>>Norm Barrett
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>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com>
>> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2008 3:35 AM
>> Subject: Re: keytop planer
>>
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>>> Hi Fenton - I use a drum sander for many applications (not for keytops). 
>>> One would never want to feed into the rotation of the drum because like 
>>> you point out it would grab (yikes - scary to think about). My machine 
>>> feeds against the drum rotation. Now my machine also feeds on a 
>>> sandpaper belt, so any tendancy to kick back is reduced by the coarse 
>>> feed belt, but the drum really does a good job of grinding the wood down 
>>> to a level where it really doesn't contact the drum anymore - once the 
>>> wood has passes through the drum you can move it back and forth pretty 
>>> easy. So I don't think most drum sanders - even without a coarse feed 
>>> belt - would tend to kick back. 'Course, I'm not sanding off a quarter 
>>> inch at a time either.....
>>>
>>> Terry Farrell
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> That sounds like it would want to grab or kick back. Do you feed 
>>>> against the rotation or with it?
>>>> Fenton
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