my own Soundboard

[Farrell]

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That's why I asked Del the question below. I think he planes his 24" =
subpanels to the desired final thickness and  then glues those up. I =
think. I trust he will set us right.

A local mill has a 3-foot wide belt thickness sander. So I guess I could =
always make up to a three foot wide subpanel and then run it through =
their machine. I have a 12" planer. I sure don't have the $$$ to buy big =
machines at this time. I just don't know how hard it is to edge glue =
subpanels together that are already planed down to the final desired =
thickness. I hoping Del will share a tad of his experience and enlighten =
us!

Terry Farrell
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  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Greg Newell=20
  To: pianotech@ptg.org=20
  Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 7:11 PM
  Subject: Re: my own Soundboard


  Terry,=20
      This might be a good excuse to purchase a drum sander. Performax =
or Delta it really doesn't matter as long as the cantilever design will =
accommodate most or all of the board. Of you who have made boards in the =
past, what width is the panel before shaping to the piano? The Delta is =
a bit wider so that might just make it or leave a small amount for hand =
or hand tool sanding or scraping. What 'chu think?=20
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  Greg=20

  Farrell wrote:=20

    So then you are gluing up your 24" subpanels after they have been =
planed to the soundboard's final thickness (not counting edge tapering)? =
Can one edge glue accurately enough to get a real even =
subpanel-to-subpanel joint (no step from one to the other)? I was =
envisioning gluing up a whole soundboard panel that was thicker than =
needed and then (after driving the panel to a shop with BIG =
sanders/planers) running the whole thing through a planer device to get =
your nice consistent final (before tapering) thickness. If I am =
understanding your process, you do the above on your smaller subpanels, =
but then when you have glued your subpanels together, you do any slight =
evening up by a hand plane or sanding (or maybe even that is not =
needed?)? Thanks. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message -----=20
      From: Delwin D Fandrich
      To: pianotech@ptg.org
      Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 1:19 AM
      Subject: Re: my own Soundboard
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        ----- Original Message -----
        From: Greg Newell
        To: pianotech@ptg.org
        Sent: January 15, 2002 3:56 PM
        Subject: Re: my own Soundboard
         Thanks Del. I was still talking about edge gluing. I would not =
advocate joining two pieces end to end in a soundboard situation. Never =
crossed my mind.=20
      Why not? I'm planning on doing it on a piano I'm remanufacturing =
for myself. It's been done quite successfully in the past. I'll not be =
using a finger joint, however. I haven't quite decided what to use.  =20
        Has anyone ever tried gluing up 2 boards first, then adding one =
at a time until the desired panel size is achieved?
      We glue up sub-panels that are less than 24" wide (so we can still =
run them through our thickness planer) and then glue up the final panel. =
Once you get started you will undoubtedly come up with your own ideas. =
There is no one 'right' way to do this stuff. Just a bunch of acceptable =
to good ways. Del=20

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  Greg Newell=20
  mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net=20
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