[pianotech] Moving the wippen heel--reposting with more photos and corrections

[David Love]

Good point!!!  No I didn't hold the heal with my hand. That was a photo just
for illustration.  I had not constructed a jig yet so I used a pair of joint
pliers to hold the heel while I trimmed the short protrusion (I'm sure I'll
be hearing from Joe Garrett on that one!).  Not perfect but worked well
enough to keep fingers away from the band saw blade and it's what I had.
For future projects I'll probably devise something a bit more suitable.  

I did not use a jig to align the heels for gluing.  Before I started I
scored a line 4 mm from the end blocks (you can see it if you zoom in on the
photo attached--there's a faint pencil line drawn underneath the blocks that
have not been moved yet).  You don't really need to hold the heel in place
while it's being glued.  Lightly pressed together for even a few seconds and
Titebond Trim or even regular Titebond will grab almost instantly.  You
could also use hot hide if you wanted to but I didn't feel like heating up
the pot.   

David Love
www.davidlovepianos.com

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Joe DeFazio
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 7:43 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Moving the wippen heel--reposting with more photos
and corrections

Hi David,

Thank you for posting this mini-tutorial.  As usual, it is clearly thought
out and helpful.

But, pleeeeeease tell us that you didn't hold those wippen heels in your
hand while trimming the protrusions on the bandsaw!  Placing the heel in
either a small wooden handscrew or the cheap (yellow plastic and metal)
small-parts holder that many router bit vendors sell would make it much
safer to trim the heels.

Also, a question: did you use a jig to align the heels to their new
position?  And if so, does the jig hold the heel in place while it is being
glued?

Joe DeFazio
Pittsburgh=
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