This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Erwinspiano@aol.com=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: October 11, 2002 1:38 PM Subject: Bridge cap materials List With really good supply's of maple almost extinct I = find it more and more difficult to be happy about the wide grain and = fairly soft stuff I get from my supplier. I'd like to see close grain = and a strong medullary ray that comes from true 1/4 sawn stock but this = a rare occurance. I also find it necessary to drill smaller bridge pin = holes to get a tight fit. I'm finding that whatever the supply house = sells for the appropriate size drill bits to give a less than snug = enough fit. I use a small electric drill to bore with as many of you do = so I truly techniques is not the propblem IMHO. I'm going to slice up some delignit and test it for notching = ,hardness and pin fit. Does any one have any experience with this idea = (odelignit or falconwood) and or similar to my complaints. Tell me I = ain't the only one, please! Dale Erwin =20 We've given up on what passes for maple bridge cap stock these days. We = now use Delignit or a maple laminate we make up ourselves in the shop. I = like the physical characteristics of Delignit--at least for bridge = caps--though I don't like how it looks. The use a resorcinol resin which = leaves a dark reddish brown glue line. Hence, our own maple laminate = which we glue up using MPA II or Titebond II for an almost invisible = glueline. Delignit is very difficult to notch by hand. A true exercise in = self-mutilation! Hence our air-powered bridge notching machine. Del ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/d1/17/e7/a0/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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