> At what stage are you guys doing this? First, with the plate upside-down, dry-fit the block and plate flange, getting a good marking all along Second, turn the plate over, clamp the block in place. Third, drill all screw holes and install screws. Forth, remove block, epoxy the flange-fitted edge and clamp back in place, (chalk rub on flange for mold release) and install about a third of the screws. MarineTex Epoxy Paste (incredible compression strength) Fifth, center punch tuning pin holes, Drill thru plate index holes into new block which locates block-to-case template. Sixth, after epoxy cures, remove block, locate end templates at index holes and scribe the ends and connect the lines across the front. I set the screws before epoxying because one time I clamped and epoxyed and then drilled the screw holes and wasn't quite tight with the flange fit (argh) and had to reapply epoxy. So now I make sure I know where the block is going to be. -- Regards, Jon Page -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20081207/97ad0951/attachment.html>
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