[pianotech] Fallboard repair

Ron Nossaman rnossaman at cox.net
Thu Feb 28 18:56:25 MST 2013


On 2/28/2013 7:04 PM, Rob McCall wrote:
> Attempting to repair this tonight. Looks like someone's previous
> repair failed. I'm thinking of clamping it off and using epoxy. Then
> redrill and attach bracket.
>
> Bad idea? Better idea?

Different idea. I'd drill a couple of 1/4" holes up from the bottom, 
intersecting the holes. Insert dowels to give the screws something to 
bite into that will support stress. I'd probably use Titebond, which 
would be easily as strong as epoxy here.

Ron N


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