Agreed Terry, as I said in my post and learned. I made a complete rail and then realized I could have just re-caped it. I always do it wrong the first time, actually the first two times were wrong. Oh well, all that matters is that I do it again soon before I forget. Fenton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 12:46 PM Subject: Re: /steinway B >I would think it to be much easier to just cut a new rail and drill >away..... > > Terry Farrell > > ----- Original Message ----- >>I tried to plug and re-drill a guide rail recently and had some real >>problems as I redrilled the plug and had the paper thin walls of my plugs >>come apart. So that you might have better success, here are my methods >>that did not work. I used poplar and tight bond. If I were to do this >>again ( I won't because it's so easy to make a new cap for a guide rail) I >>would use maple plugs, I would be very careful in my drilling to create a >>nicely machined hole with out splitting the rail, and I would use epoxy. >>Hope this can help you avoid repeating my mistakes. >> Fenton > > > >
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