Bridge cap materials

[Farrell]

Thanks for the post Ron. When using epoxy, one needs to leave enough epoxy between the laminations for a proper bond. I have trouble imagining anything but high pressure clamping for a laminated bridge. How do you clamp the laminations together to get a good looking bridge cap (that is, not too much epoxy), yet not have the joints epoxy starved? Do you use the West System resin/hardener straight, or do you add one of their fillers? Thanks.

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Overs" <sec@overspianos.com.au>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 11:03 AM
Subject: Re: Bridge cap materials


SNIP

> The 1mm thick laminations are 
> glued together using West System epoxy. I am most impressed with the 
> incredible strength of these caps. They seem to be cleaner sounding 
> with less false beats and more powerfully toned than conventional 
> solid maple caps.
> 
> Regards,
> Ron O.