Keystick Planing--Router Sled

[Greg Newell]

You can get the material at Rockler and it is not hazardous to machine it.
It actually machines quite nicely if you use sharp blades/bits and don't
dawdle in the path of the various cutters. 

Greg Newell
Greg's Piano Forté
www.gregspianoforte.com
216-226-3791 (office)
216-470-8634 (mobile)


-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Floyd Gadd
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 1:21 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Keystick Planing--Router Sled

Terry sent me the plans for Spurlock key planer jig.  I looks better than
the method I was intending to use, and I find very positive comments in the
archives about the quality of work that is possible with this tool.
In the plans, the router slides on surfaces that have been made with 1/4
inch phenolic material.  Where can I get this material (preferably in
Canada, but USA sources would be helpful too)?  Lee Valley used to carry it,
but their website states they no longer stock it.  Perhaps it is because if
gives off such noxious fumes and dust when it is machined--quite hazardous.
Does anyone have suggestions for an alternative material that would have
appropriate strength, rigidity and dimensional stability?  Maybe I would
need something thicker than 1/4 inch.
Floyd Gadd
Brandon, Manitoba

>And then there is the Spurlock key planer jig. Happy to share plans on
request.
>Terry Farrell


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