[pianotech] 3 tier gaskets for Simplex valves

[Ron Nossaman]

On 10/10/2011 9:38 PM, RonLindquist wrote:
>
>>> DON'T THINK RULE DIE IS HARD ENOUGH. THEY HAVE SOME CUTTING MATERIAL
>>> THAT IS HARDER.

Rule die has worked fine for the last 30 years for rubber/cork composite 
gasket material. I don't expect that will change suddenly.


> But in todays market $350 is not out of line. My father ran a machine
> shop and we made a lot of metal forming dies---couldn't touch a metal
> stamping die for that $

That's the difference between making things for yourself and hiring them 
done.

Ron N