back problems

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Hi Greg,
The glue WILL keep the crack from closing. Think of the olf India guy
walking or sleeping on a bed of nails.
Joe Goss RPT
Mother Goose Tools
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Newell" <gnewell@ameritech.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 1:55 PM
Subject: Re: back problems


> Susan,
>          Thanks for the response! I'm not sure what to think about your
> glue fragment theory. It seems that the fragments would simply crush into
> to wood as the new washers on the back did. Still, I'm not sure. That glue
> does dry / cure pretty dog gone hard. If the wood were dense enough I
> suppose it could be holding the joint apart. OTOH I am able to close the
> gap with a "C" clamp, I just can't keep it closed with the position of the
> bolts. Perhaps a light misting of water and some gorilla glue?
>
> best,
> Greg
>
>
>
> At 01:06 PM 6/21/2005, you wrote:
> >Hi, Greg
> >
> >I'm guessing here -- I leave this kind of major surgery to other folks -- 
> >but I wonder if it could be hung up on fragments of your hide glue which
> >cracked off when the joint failed? Maybe if you inserted some steam or
> >very hot water, and then tried to pull it tight?
> >
> >Failing that, if you have real confidence in the security of your bolts,
> >perhaps you could lay  a bead of slow-set epoxy along the crack, and then
> >thin it down with a heat gun until it got sucked into the seam, repeating
> >until it is filled. It doesn't look like a gaping chasm, thank heavens.
> >
> >Susan
> >
> >At 10:49 PM 6/20/2005 -0400, you wrote:
> >>Greetings list members,
> >>         I can't believe we're just back from the National convention
and
> >> already I'm faced with a weird problem. I'm attempting to re-glue the
> >> back to pin block glue joint on an old S&S console. I slathered the
glue
> >> in (hot hide) and left it in about a week prior to leaving for the
> >> convention. The day before I left I took off the clamps and tried to
> >> raise the tension back up. (Yes, I let it down first).  When I was
> >> reapplying tension from the treble down I got to the low tenor and all
> >> seemed fine. As I progressed into the bass region I started hearing
> >> funny sounds and then it let go right where I had glued it. Before
> >> catching my airplane I ordered 6" flat head 5/16" machine screws from
> >> McMaster - Carr in order to drill and bolt all the way through and put
> >> washers and nuts out the back side. I just finished doing that and
can't
> >> seem to close the gap all the way. The pictures in the attachment are
> >> what it looks like now. Any thoughts? Would it be completely wrong to
> >> drill a new hole in the raised trim of the plate? Just one would draw
it
> >> together I'd bet but it seems a little dicey to drill there.
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>Greg
> >>
> >>
> >>Greg Newell
> >>Greg's piano Forté
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> >>
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