[pianotech] Ecsaine Replacement

Wiliam Ballard yardbird at vermontel.net
Wed Jul 21 20:55:14 MDT 2010


On Jul 21, 2010, at 5:23 PM, Ron Nossaman wrote:
> One of the first tools I owned was a regular old much maligned Red  
> Devil scraper. It'll be one of the last I give up too.
>
> http://www.jamestowndistributors.com/userportal/show_product.do? 
> pid=54&familyName=Red+Devil+Scrapers
>
> I have three of them circulating around the shop at all times, a  
> 1-1/2", a 1", and a 1" I've ground to a convex curve. Keep them  
> sharp, learn how to use them, and you can do amazing surgical  
> things to wood and glue.

My favorite is the steel of a 1-1/4" wide power hacksaw, such as  
found in a machine shop. Put it a vise, and you can break off pieces  
of any length.

Ed Trefz showed me this at a bridge-notching 1-day workshop put on by  
Willis Snyder in Washington DC in '79.

mrbl

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