Pneumatic Soundboard Press

[Farrell]

One other thing to mention if going with one clamp. As the length of time for rib glue-up increases, the importance of adequate shop humidity control increases. Depending on what MC you are gluing your ribs onto your panel at, this could become a problem real fast.

Terry Farrell
  
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From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos@earthlink.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 9:56 PM
Subject: Re: Pneumatic Soundboard Press


> I'm looking at all these soundboard press plans and they all seem to be
> designed to glue up the whole panel at once.  Thus, they require a large
> platform (read square footage).  Could one have a single rib press that
> glues one rib at a time?  The board would be supported on a table and
> inserted through the press to the position of the rib that was being glued
> up.  The dimensions would be considerably less.  I realize it would take
> longer, but since I am not a high production shop, I can afford a little
> more time.  
> 
> David Love
> davidlovepianos@earthlink.net
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