Looper - Production Model

[John Ross]

Hi List,
I found that with a little bit of experimenting, mine works fine. It came
with extra plates for the friction areas, and I haven't had to use them yet.
Regards,
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp@yahoo.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 3:32 PM
Subject: Re: Looper - Production Model


> Hi Joe,
>     I bought one of the supply house clones (?) of
> your most excellent gadget. And the last time I saw a
> piece of this worthless !#*@!, it was the aluminum
> base.... which made a very nice sanding block ( after
> I had flattened it on plate glass and w&D paper ) to
> wrap w&d sandpaper around to get in tight corners.
> Presuming that I can find the other pieces, is it
> worth trying to modify it so that it will work ( and
> how ?) or should I just put them in the scrap metal
> bin, and try to build one like yours, from scratch.
>      Thump
>
> P.S. Are you "able" to make these for us, yourself?
>
> --- Joseph Garrett <joegarrett@earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> > Well, my dufuseness struck again...I sent the first
> > scans to the wrong
> > site!
> > Yikes! Here is the Production Model, that we
> > supplied, originally. In
> > the
> > scan, there are two "cranks"/"hooks". The middle one
> > is the one I
> > prefer,
> > but the other one will work, it's just a bit more
> > difficult to work
> > with.
> > The other problem with the "Rip Off", is that the
> > friction mechanism is
> > not
> > right. Those parts need to be made out of extremely
> > HARD steel. And,
> > the Set
> > Lever needs to be case hardened so that the face
> > doesn't deform and
> > wear out
> > rapidly. If the Set Lever is too soft, the thing
> > will distort the
> > threads
> > and then you've got a real mess.
> > Hope this clarifies the problems.
> > I'll resend the scan of the Prototype.
> > Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon)
> >
> > Been There, Didn't Like It, So I'm Here To Stay! [G}
> >
> >
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> >
> >
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> >
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