Hey Bob Well maybe its' just me, but I have a pet peeve with glue plugging up my drill bits when drilling bridge pin holes. When I've used epoxy I get this white fluff that either blows back out at me or clogs the bit long enough to enlarg the hole. Making me very crabby. It's also toxic & it gives me headaches. SO when I do use it I always use a respirator. Tight Bond to me is a nightmare for gummy bits as is anything thermo plastic. The easiest applications I've found is the Bolduc glue from Pianotech or urea Formaldehyde. Urea formaldehyde is a toxic glue as well but with a respirator it's no big deal. Both dry hard & drill easily. My glue of choice right now is the Bolduc.(No respirator) It's not very thermo plastic so no drill clog & it dry's quickly & dries hard ready to drill overnight. I've glued on Dozens of caps with this so I know the phenomena is a repeatable occurrence ....& not just me. Bolduc glues his pin blocks laminates together with it as well as his Sound board. SO do I & with excellent strength & good results. Perhaps I'm Epoxy impaired but for Bridge caps ............not my cup of tea. If there are ways to defeat the problems stated please enlighten me. It's obviously great stuff for so many applications. Hope that helps Dale > What do the experienced recappers suggest for clamping? > Also, is West system epoxy or tite-bond preferred? Dale Erwin--Piano Restorations 4721 Parker rd Modesto, Ca. 95357 Shop 209-577-8397 Web site _http://www.Erwinspiano.com_ (http://www.erwinspiano.com/) Restoration & Sales of Steinway & Sons & other fine pianos. " Soundboards by Design" **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080112/c1d4e15a/attachment.html
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