Good idea! Ron N >Hi Paul, > >You were speaking of setting a Baldwin plate. I had to rebuild a newer >SF-10 last year due to water damage. I was a little confused as to how that >plate was set at first, but Kent Webb visited our store just in time to tell >us how it's done. > >The plate bolts are indeed bolts, not lag screws. The plate has threaded >holes that the bolts go through, and there are also threaded mechanical >fasteners within the inner rim of the case. Once the bolts are started into >both threaded portions, the plate height is set. It will not move up or >down by tightening the bolt. If you can picture having two nuts on that >bolt about 2 inches apart, and turning the bolt in the nuts 3 full turns, >the two nuts will still be 2 inches apart, provided they haven't been >stopped by the head or come off the end of the bolt. That gives you the >basic concept. To actually find the right setting for the plate, I used >some old packing straps from a piano crate and made some thin pieces of 3/4" >wide steel about 18" long (nothing critical here about dimensions). I >placed them under the bolt coming down through the plate at several points >so that I could actually use the bolt to raise and lower the plate to the >height I wanted it to be. Then I put in several bolts that went all the way >into the fasteners in the inner rim, and the height was set. It wouldn't >move. Then just back our the bolts over the steel a little, pull out the >steel, put in the rest of the bolts, and there it is. I think it's a neat >setup, one of the things I like about the Baldwins. > >Just had to chime in a bit. > >Have a good day. > >Brian Trout >Quarryville, Pa. >btrout@desupernet.net > > Ron N
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