David, Understood. One drawback to the fire hose is that I don't already own that. How much did you invest in to making one? Greg Newell Greg's Piano Forté www.gregspianoforte.com 216-226-3791 (office) 216-470-8634 (mobile) -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of David Love Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 10:04 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Rib/Panel Clamping Methods - was: Fire hose failure! The pneumatic method is just so simple with nothing to make new for every board. I can't see the benefit of using the vacuum style. The rib locating template that you mention is, I believe, used on the new Walter piano but even there it's pneumatic clamping. It's just that you can quickly set the ribs into the precut slots in the template and then the pneumatic clamping top just comes down on top of it and clamps all the ribs at once. Glue dries, lift up the top and remove the panel, slip another one in, insert the ribs drop down the clamping table etc. Very easy that way. Also, once the glue sets which happens pretty fast, you can easily remove the panel and clean up the squeeze out. No bag to clean. David Love www.davidlovepianos.com
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