---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment Isaac, While I'm not too sure of your question regarding the wording of=20 the first sentence I think you are asking about the accuracy of cutting=20 away the old knuckle. I've usually found the original mortise to be=20 accurate enough and I make the bandsaw blade to follow the the core wood=20 after crudely slicing off the barrel itself. Understand it is a 2 step=20 process. The first step is to slice off the barrel. The second step is to=20 slice into the core that is left. I have both cut all of it away with the=20 bandsaw and made only a cut down the canter and used some knife to pull or= =20 chip what's left out of the mortise. I'm not sure which I like better. I=20 suppose it depends on how well glued the old ones are. I hope this makes=20 sense. If I had power to my new shop I'd run out there and photo a demo for= =20 you but alas I cannot. I hope you can understand my method but really, I=20 still prefer new shanks. Greg At 07:48 PM 2/24/2004, you wrote: >Greg, how do you get a good alignment in deep and placement of the=20 >mortise? This is of primal importance for regulation (to the point I=20 >unglue some rollers to get them more consistent sometime) I afree new=20 >parts are actuallty very accurate (was not always the case ) and a better= =20 >choice, but still new rollers can be necessary sometime (graphite). > >Isaac OLEG Greg Newell Greg's piano Fort=E9 mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net=20 ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.588 / Virus Database: 372 - Release Date: 2/13/2004 ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment--
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