[pianotech] Danger!! was Journal Article

[David Ilvedson]

I happen to see the Journal can be accessed at ptg.org.   I looked at the Feb issue online...VERY COOL.   color and all the adverstisements...

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Fenton Murray" <fmurray at cruzio.com>
To: "Ed  Sutton" <ed440 at mindspring.com>, <pianotech at ptg.org>
Received: 1/31/2009 11:41:20 AM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Danger!! was Journal Article


>Absolutely Ed,
>I don't quite remember this set up, but there was a bit of posing for the 
>camera. Also, the piece is getting to the danger zone in that there is not 
>much to hold on to. I do have a piece of hard wood acting as a fence which 
>is clamped to the table.
>With a slow cutter speed the stock behaves quite well, a second person can 
>help in this operation.
>Something I have long wanted to do that would improve control over the work 
>piece is to build some kind of foot for the feed leaving both hands free.
>Thanks for bringing up the safety issues, if your set up doesn't feel right, 
>find a safer way!
>Fenton
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Ed Sutton" <ed440 at mindspring.com>
>To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
>Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 2:33 PM
>Subject: [pianotech] Danger!! was Journal Article


>> Anyone who plans to do this should look carefully at the fences that 
>> Fenton
>> uses to control a fairly long length of pinblock.
>> I saw an ugly accident when a short section of pinblock got snagged on the
>> plug cutter, spun around and cut the operator's finger to the bone.
>> Ed Sutton
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Fenton Murray" <fmurray at cruzio.com>
>> To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
>> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 12:21 AM
>> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Journal Article
>>
>>
>>> More on the photo, after cutting a row of plugs, I rip off the row on the
>>> band saw and start drilling my next row of plugs.
>>> Fenton
>>>
>>