back problems

[Greg Newell]

Gordon,
         I used 5/16" because it replaced the flat head counter sunk screw 
that the plate was originally held down with. This kept a clean look from 
the front side anyway. There was no room for anything larger or alternative 
placements. Kinda tight in there.

Greg



At 08:27 PM 6/21/2005, you wrote:
>I'd go fatter than 5/16' bolts. Doubt you could torqe
>them enough. also: let the tension off the strings
>some.
>     Thump
>
>
>--- Susan Kline <skline@peak.org> 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
> > >mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net
> > >
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Greg Newell
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