[pianotech] Major leg repair -- epoxy, or Titebond?

Avery Todd ptuner1 at gmail.com
Sun Jan 2 13:51:54 MST 2011


And this picture relates how???????? LOL

On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 9:59 AM, Terry Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com>wrote:

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> On Dec 31, 2010, at 12:02 PM, Cy Shuster wrote:
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> I'm called to reattach a 1960's Kimball studio's front leg, that was
>> inadvertently amputated during a move.  It was on a dolly coming through a
>> door, the bottom of the leg (no toe block) hit an obstacle, and the dowels
>> at the arm snapped in half.  An 8"-square of the side also came free, with
>> half of the sockets that the dowels went into.
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>> My plan is to glue and clamp this side piece first, then drill out the old
>> dowels the next day and reattach the leg.  All the pieces fit neatly
>> together; there are no major gaps to fill.  Since the new dowels will give
>> structural support, it seems Titebond would serve, but I'd like to learn
>> more about the various types of epoxy, as well as to Do The Job Right.
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>> What say you all  (I can guess Terry's answer! :-) ?
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>> --Cy--
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>> Cy Shuster, RPT
>> Albuquerque, NM
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>> www.shusterpiano.com
>> www.facebook.com/shusterpiano
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