<HTML>In a message dated 12/10/2002 1:12:46 PM Pacific Standard Time, mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Subj: Epoxy, was: Chewed up legs Date: 12/10/2002 1:12:46 PM Pacific Standard Time From: <A HREF="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A> Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> To: <A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> Sent from the Internet          Terry</BLOCKQUOTE>                Thanks for the info on the epoxy. Although I haven't used much Epoxy I do now know that there are industrial grades that exceed my enthusiasms of any  prior usage and I know where to get it.             Thanks--Dale <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"> When epoxy is found to have failed, it is most often in the bond between the wood and the epoxy. The "putty" type of epoxies are susceptible to this type of failure. A superior bond is achieved when a thin epoxy resin is applied to all wood surfaces to be bonded (this thin epoxy will soak into the wood sufficiently to produce a bond much stronger than the wood itself), and then before cure, if filler is desired for the application, the resin thickened with an appropriate filler is applied. http://www.westsystem.com/ has absolutely tons and tons of info on the use and applications of epoxy. Once you have discovered the utility of a truly professional epoxy system like that available from West System (there are others also, System Three....) it will become very apparent that the epoxies that you find in the local hardware store are for hanging small pictures, fixing lamps, and perhaps for some type of small survival kit. The good stuff is so very versatile. Terry Farrell </BLOCKQUOTE> </HTML>