UHMW mystery

[Serge Harel]

leevalley.com

Serge


----- Original Message -----
From: Wilsons <wilson53@marshall.edu>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 7:35 AM
Subject: Re: UHMW mystery


> Have you an address for Lee Valley Tools?
>
> Wally Wilson, RPT
> Ravenswood, WV
>
> At 10:55 PM 3/19/01 -0500, you wrote:
> >Terry queried:
> >> Hi Stephen. Thanks for all the glue info. But what is UHMW?
> >>
> >Ha ha. Top secret material here. Actually it's UltraHighMolecularWeight
> >material, an inert, very low friction plastic material that is very handy
> >for various shop purposes, like low friction table saw jigs etc. You can
> >buy it in hunks (e.g. LEe Valley Tools sells it) and cut it up with a
> >bandsaw or hacksaw. It's used by commercial manufacturers of jigs too. In
> >the case of making a ledge for the rim of the mason jar to sit on in the
> >glue pot, it's easy to cut, inert, unafected by moisture and hot water,
> >and, being plastic, easy enuf to screw into to secure it from outside the
> >percoloator glue pot. Very cheap too.
> >
> >It's encouraging to see some of the imaginative ideas for glue pots that
> >are cropping up. This is one case where ingenuity and pragmatism produces
> >something far superior to the expensive commercial product.
> >
> >Stephen
> >
> >Stephen Birkett Fortepianos
> >Authentic Reproductions of 18th and 19th Century Pianos
> >464 Winchester Drive
> >Waterloo, Ontario
> >Canada N2T 1K5
> >tel: 519-885-2228
> >mailto: birketts@wright.aps.uoguelph.ca
> >
>
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