<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2873" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=796580312-06072007><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" color=#0000ff size=2><STRONG>Hi Terry  " Maestro"</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=796580312-06072007><STRONG><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></STRONG></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=796580312-06072007><STRONG><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" color=#0000ff size=2>it's very interesting the vacuum sistem. (I fall in love)</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=796580312-06072007><STRONG><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" color=#0000ff size=2>some question:</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=796580312-06072007><STRONG><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" color=#0000ff size=2>do you use a specific vacuum bags? (how big)</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=796580312-06072007><STRONG><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" color=#0000ff size=2>how thick you cut the slice of spruce?</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=796580312-06072007><STRONG><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" color=#0000ff size=2>and do you use a different pattern ( radius) and lenght?</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=796580312-06072007><STRONG><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></STRONG></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=796580312-06072007><STRONG><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" color=#0000ff size=2>thank for your time</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=796580312-06072007><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" color=#0000ff size=2><STRONG>Marco</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <P><FONT size=2>Marco De Lellis<BR>Piano Workshop Inc.<BR>PTG Registered Piano Techinician<BR>21-05  31st Avenue<BR>Astoria NY, 11106<BR>Tel. 001 212- 575 4949<BR>Tel. 001 718 - 956 3110<BR>www.pianoworkshopny.com<BR>info@pianoworkshopny.com<BR><BR></FONT></P> <DIV> </DIV><BR> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Farrell<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, July 05, 2007 8:18 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Rib Crowning Jig<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My approach to rib building is much like Ron Nossaman's, with the exception that I vacuum-press my ribs. Picture below is of my two latest and greatest rib cauls. I simply glued up a bunch of cheap 2x4s into a huge hunk of spruce, drew my curve, cut them on the bandsaw and touched up the curve with a hand plane.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:796580312@06072007-2D5C" align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Below is picture of laminae being clamped after glueup.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:796580312@06072007-2D63" align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Below is picture of finished slab of ribs. Individual ribs are then ripped from the slab to desired width.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:796580312@06072007-2D6A" align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Works great. I love making ribs this way.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT face="Times New Roman">----- Original Message ----- </FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=953482918-05072007><FONT color=#000000 size=3>I would like to build my rib crowning jig can anyone send me some advise and pictures. </FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <P>Marco De Lellis</P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>