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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>JD,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If I were to plug rather than re-cap ( my first
choice ) I'd cut plugs of same species and grain orientation. This will help you
drill accurately.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fenton</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January 29, 2008 12:54
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Plugging and redrilling an
action rail</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>JD, I always save the sanding dust from my sanding
machines. Very fine. I add that to a good epoxy. It will fill holes and
machines very well.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Al G</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>From: "John Delacour" <</FONT><A
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 1:10 PM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Subject: Plugging and redrilling an action
rail</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial>> <BR>> I'm
preparing in my mind a job that needs to be done and which I <BR>> haven't
done before.<BR>> <BR>> The problem is with an otherwise quite nice
overstrung by Wilhelm <BR>> Spaethe of Gera that will sound good and look
good and is therefore <BR>> worth restoring and will fetch a good
price.<BR>> <BR>> How the mistake was originally made I can't imagine,
but the position <BR>> of the hammer flange screw on the first plain steel
note is about <BR>> 10mm to the left of where is should be and the error
reduces <BR>> gradually until about note 55, when things are just about
right.<BR>> <BR>> The original finisher got over this difficulty by
first sticking the <BR>> shanks in the butts at a considerable angle and
then twisting the <BR>> hammer-head to negate the remaining error. I
have bored out the <BR>> butts and got a good set of Wurzen AA hammers from
Abel, and shanks, <BR>> and they will sound very good. I now have the
option of either <BR>> getting a new rail bored correctly from Renner, but
almost certainly <BR>> with the wrong flange profile and all sorts of other
problems, or <BR>> plugging and redrilling the existing rail where it is
unacceptable. <BR>> As to the keys, I'll work out that problem before
diving in.<BR>> <BR>> There will be no problem redrilling at the tenor
end because the new <BR>> holes will not interfere with the old ones, but
for 15 or 20 notes -- <BR>> say 50 holes -- I shall need to be drilling
close to or overlapping <BR>> the old plugged hole. I've thought of
leather and epoxy for plugging <BR>> the holes, but I'd be interested to
hear other ideas from people who <BR>> have done the job before. Is
there some magic plugging solution that <BR>> will produce a durable result
and be as good as it should have been <BR>> when new?<BR>> <BR>>
JD<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>></FONT> </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>