Jim Susan Graham wrote an article about using a jack, and the box to put it in, in the Journal many years ago, complete with drawings and dimensions. She even gave a class about it at a seminar or convention. Jannsen has this set up now available. The box is finished and looks very professional. I made mine out of unfinished plywood, but it does the job. I used mine for many years, especially at UA, to put trucks under grands. Wim -----Original Message----- From: James Grebe <jamesgrebe at charter.net> To: Pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Thu, Apr 8, 2010 1:32 am Subject: [pianotech] jack After thinking about this for a long time and remembering a post about using jacks I succumbed to going to my local Harbor Freight and bought a 2 ton hydraulic jack for $9.95. It is their smallest unit. As many of you, know I make caster cups and with the advent of my older age found it much more difficult to raise one leg at a time while the client places the caster cup under the caster. In many cases it makes the difference for a purchase. I brought it back to my shop to test it on a Chickering grand that I have been working on. With a small stool and a couple various thickness pieces of wood it performs the task of raising the grand just a few inches, enough to get a caster cup underneath or repairing a leg, one leg at a time. Harbor Freight has so many wonderful tools at such good prices. It is small enough to fit in the car and is well made. James James Grebe Est. 1962 Piano Tuner-Technician Creator of Custom Caster Cups Creator of fine Writing Instruments Theatre and Theatre Organ Historian www.grebepiano.com 1526 Raspberry Lane Arnold, MO 63010 (314) 608-4137 Become what you believe -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100408/4e9269f3/attachment.htm>
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