Laminated panels

[Jude Reveley/Absolute Piano]

Yeah eventually there might not be enough wood for anything but laminated 
panels, but I have the same concern about laminated panels as I do about 
laminated ribs related to the horizontal shearing stress as these members 
are under compression.

Now before anyone gets their nickers all tied up, I only know what Hoadley's 
told me. I think these structural members can be made well without incident 
and I'm glad there are more and more people doing it. I just want to 
experiment a little more and wait to see how these guys fare before I 
convince my customers to follow suit.

Jude Reveley, RPT
Absolute Piano Restoration, LLC
Lowell, Massachusetts
(978) 323-4545

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos at comcast.net>
To: "'Pianotech List'" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 9:27 AM
Subject: RE: R,C&S question


> Hello Ron:
>
> What do you mean by the term "checking"?
>
> David Love
> davidlovepianos at comcast.net
> www.davidlovepianos.com
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>
> Original message:
>
> ...This is not however, a criticism of the practice of drying solid RC&S
> panels down to 6 - 7%, since it would be quite dangerous to build any 
> solid
> paneled board without some pre-drying, to avoid the likelihood of checking
> during dry transients. But when a laminated panel is used, the problem of
> checking is/will be totally avoided, and the maker is free to bring the
> panel and ribs together for gluing under normal room conditions...
>
> Ron O.
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