Bechstein Pinblock

[Farrell]

Seems like there are two options, either spend $8,095 (or there abouts):
http://www.redmond-machinery.com/evans_2480.htm

Or, build your own:
http://www.popularmechanics.com/home_improvement/workshop/1997/2/pin_router/index.phtml

Looks like a pretty neat setup!

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Ballard" <yardbird@vermontel.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 9:23 PM
Subject: Re: Bechstein Pinblock


> At 7:24 PM -0500 1/29/04, david thomson wrote:
> >Thanks for the suggestions, Bill.  I've never heard of an over-arm
> >router.  DO you
> >have more info on that?
>
> This is what one looks like.
> http://www.amazon.com/o/dt/assoc/handle-buy-box=B0000E3HPA. As you
> can see it's not a casual piece of machinery, more like the
> Bridgeport miller for woodworking. Chris Robinson found one
> second-hand about twenty years ago whose head was mounted on a
> horizontal steel column, like a radial arm drill press. They're
> capable of complex set-ups, big muscle when it comes to stock
> removal, and extreme accuracy.
>
> Back nearly thirty years ago, I had the local machine shop make me up
> the band of sheet steel to wrap around the body of my 1/4" router,
> with lugs welded to it to fit right into the yoke of my radial arm
> saw, and exact swap of the saw motor for the router. That's the poor
> man's version. Sometimes it's better to have the machine and the bit
> on top where it's visible, instead of underneath, as in a router
> table.
>
> >But this step at the plate flange is what's
> >troubling me.  It's not square, it's on an angle downward which is
> >akward.  I get
> >the Journal but I think the article you are refering to was back in
> >'97 (?) which
> >predates my subscription.
>
> So are you talking about a portion of the top surface which inclines
> 24º from level, or the front face which itself is split into two
> steps, like a Chickering Quarter grand block?
>
> John Hartman is probably your best source of advice, although
> undoubtedly there are others on the list who've done this style
> block. I was just worried as to whether a hand held router might not
> be up to the amounts of stock removal you might have ahead of you.
>
> BTW, Barbara Richmond suggested to me that among your current shop
> projects, might be wrapping up the work of the late David Moore. In
> 3/86, when I was just a few days shy of a pay point on a rebuilding,
> and damaged my right eye, I was humbled by the number of fellow
> Chapter members who stepped in to do shop work and local tuning for
> me, to keep me going during the ten weeks I was out of commission.
> Good on ya'.
>
> Bill Ballard RPT
> NH Chapter, P.T.G.
>
> "May you work on interesting pianos."
>      ...........Ancient Chinese
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