[pianotech] first pinblock

[Terry Farrell]

> I think it's called pride in workmanship.<G> Besides, just because you are
> known at the King of Epoxy, doesn't mean it's the be-all of those sort of
> thangs. 

Well of course, and if you read my question you'd realize I'm not suggesting any such thing. But my question remains unanswered: from a structural standpoint, what would be the problem with filling a wide gap the entire length of the flange to pinblock joint? I don't think there would be a problem.

Terry Farrell

On Feb 3, 2013, at 6:19 PM, Joseph Garrett wrote:

> Terry said:
> "Why? I'm not suggesting that it not a good thing to get it close, but even
> if you left an inch gap and filled it with epoxy (good, very hard epoxy),
> why would that not be as ideal as a "perfect" fit with no epoxy, or only
> absolute minimal epoxy?"
> 
> Terry,
> I think it's called pride in workmanship.<G> Besides, just because you are
> known at the King of Epoxy, doesn't mean it's the be-all of those sort of
> thangs. Yes, I do bed my pinblocks with epoxy. Always have.. because that's
> the way we did it in Del's shop. I've found, over the years, that the added
> step of bedding w/epoxy results in a very stable piano. 
> The "mess" on this thread is an example of poor use of epoxy. Wouldn't want
> to clean up that! Most separated pinblocks, that I've done, were just fine
> with Cold Hide Glue and Bolts. However, there were a couple that had so
> many voids, that epoxy was the only way to get the job to be successful.
> One job, using epoxy, was a spinet with some kind of GOOK glue, that was
> not identifiable, so I used epoxy, as it will stick to damned near
> anything. Pretty much goof proof if used properly, imo.<G>
> Now, get busy on that Square dude.<G>
> Best, 
> Joe
> 
> 
> Joe Garrett, R.P.T.
> Captain of the Tool Police
> Squares R I
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>