Cuttin' Sitka for Soundboards

[ed miller]

"Great shots Terry, I'm interested in seeing the glueing process."

me too...

Ed





>From: "Steve Blasyak" <atuneforyou at earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: atuneforyou at earthlink.net, Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
>To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
>Subject: RE: Cuttin' Sitka for Soundboards
>Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 08:32:11 -0800
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>Hey Now,
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>Great shots Terry, I'm interested in seeing the glueing process.
>
>Steve
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>OC CA
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>Pura Vida
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: Farrell
>To: pianotech at ptg.org
>Sent: 2/6/2007 8:14:26 PM
>Subject: Cuttin' Sitka for Soundboards
>
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>Recently got a couple orders for soundboard panels for a Steinway B and a 
>Steinway D. Thought I should start cuttin' some Sitka as a first step in 
>building these panels. Just thought I would share some photos of the 
>process - not everyone has the opportunity to see this.
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>Picture below is of my general setup. The two-inch-thick Sitka boards I am 
>resawing are on the floor after the first cut. My untouched two-inch stock 
>is on the left of the picture. Bandsaw is on the right.
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>The Sitka stock I have now runs from boards of 16 to 20 feet long. In the 
>picture is a 16-foot-long board ready to go through the bandsaw. The object 
>here is to produce flitches for building a soundboard panel.
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>There's the board half-way through the cut.
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>And the cut is complete!
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>Here is a picture of the power feed I have for my bandsaw...... ;-)
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>Terry Farrell
>Farrell Piano
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>www.farrellpiano.com
>terry at farrellpiano.com

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