<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3157" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>Wow, Jude!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>Does your jointer really have 0.5" of crown!?!?!?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>Big ;-] there.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" color=#0000ff size=2><STRONG>Tee hee. Yeah I guess I better do something about that. Actually, the little dial says .7, so it's .750 which is O position, just for clarity...</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>Pretty cool thinking.  I like it.  Why did you choose a 12" span vs something longer (I'm thinking 18" to 24" would introduce less error).  Obviously longer wouldn't work so well up in the treble, but for the middle of the board.......</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" color=#0000ff size=2><STRONG>I made longer spans too that the gage will pop into but for the sake of consistency, I chose a span that would measure the treble as well as the middle and fit right underneath the bridges in as many spots as possible. Try that with a longer span even in the middle. Remember it's not string and you still have to get past all the beams.  Also there is a a danger of the longer aluminum spans flexing and steel gets pretty heavy.</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>Regardless, nice work, and, if I make my own, will you still send me the knives??</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" color=#0000ff size=2><STRONG>Nope just the lemon peeler.</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>Here's my latest project.......</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>(not telling which one is me)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>William R. Monroe</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">Jude wrote:<BR><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For all you folks that have already made your Farell/Wixey/Lowell downbearing guages and are wondering what to do with your old bubble guages, I introduce..</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> <FONT size=4>"The Crownulator"</FONT> (patent pending)...:)</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Finally a guage that accurately measures crown to the thousandth of an inch and fits up in the high treble and other tight spaces.................</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><STRONG>Jude Reveley, RPT<BR>Absolute Piano Restoration, LLC<BR>Lowell, Massachusetts<BR>(978) 323-4545</STRONG></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>