[pianotech] Capo shaping

[William Monroe]

Hey,

I thought I was the only one who did that!  Actually, now I use the 
chainfall to put on a tilter and then cart it to a workbench in the middle 
of the shop, flip it, slide it, there you have it.  Comfortable work height. 
I find it less troubling to flip the plate, but you could probably use (one 
of) my method without flipping.

I think I've posted this before, but I've used wood epoxy or something 
similar to make a mold of the capo.  Lay a piece of coarse emery cloth on 
the capo, squish the wood epoxy onto the cloth and tape a cork sanding block 
on it to keep the pressure consistent until it cures.  End result is a 
shaped "sanding" block for your capo.  Of course, the existing profile needs 
to be one you like <G>

William R. Monroe



>I lay my plates on my upright tilter and sit on a low cheapie office chair 
>with wheels. My back doesn't hurt from the filing either.
>
> Terry Farrell
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net>
> To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 1:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Capo shaping
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>>> My back hurts.  Has anyone got a good method/set up for viewing the capo 
>>> for reshaping without flipping the plate. David Love
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>> Yea, but bending over to do it makes my back hurt. <G>
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>> Sorry, no.
>> Ron N
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