----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Ballard" <yardbird@vermontel.net> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: November 02, 2003 9:24 PM Subject: Re: Notching Delignit bridge caps > At 8:15 PM -0800 11/2/03, David Love wrote: > >Can you effectively notch a Delignit cap with a chisel as you would > >a solid maple cap? Or must you use some other method? > > You're right to question how Delignit and its glue lines can be > chiseled. Some of the stock-removal passes at the notching could be > done with wood-carving rasps (riflers) or maybe even course files. > All this manual labor will lead you to carving burrs mounted in > hand-held air routers. Just a thought. > > Bill Ballard RPT > NH Chapter, P.T.G. > It is very difficult to notch this stuff by hand. I use an air-powered notching machine. Del
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