<HTML>In a message dated 10/26/2002 10:59:58 AM Pacific Daylight Time, RNossaman@cox.net writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"><A HREF="mailto:RNossaman@cox.net">RNossaman@cox.net</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            Ron</BLOCKQUOTE>                  I get it.  I like the idea of the CA glue penetrating and supporting the fibrs without the damage from extra compression. Epoxy is great stuff for many applications but I hate the mess. Just me.            Dale <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"> >>          Ron >>          The key word in your post was LAMINATED cap. I was referring to >> quater sawn maple caps and gaining more "compression resistance" I would >> certainly think the laminate cap would be a nice snug fit with the no.46 >> bit. If the maple is hard and grain tight it is also nice a snug ,it's >> only when it's not that a smaller bit will make a tighter better fit. Ok, but the epoxy or CA will get you there too with the #46 and crush less wood in the process. Ron N </BLOCKQUOTE> </HTML>