<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE id=ridTitle>Clear Day</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"><BASE href="file://C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Stationery\"> <STYLE>BODY { MARGIN-TOP: 25px; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 10px; COLOR: #0033cc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16608" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=ridBody bgColor=#ffffff background=cid:003e01c873e3$fa2135b0$6501a8c0@murrayb76fc788> <DIV><FONT color=#000000>I saw the spring clamp, now it's clear. Thanks, William.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000>Fenton</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">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=pianotech@a440piano.net href="mailto:pianotech@a440piano.net">William R. Monroe</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 19, 2008 8:10 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: mortise inserts slideshow</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT color=#0033cc> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" color=#000000>Fenton,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" color=#000000></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" color=#000000>If you look in the slideshow, the slide that shows removing the worn material from a natural clears that up.  They've clamped a small sacrificial scrap of wood on the trailing edge of the key to prevent tear-out.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" color=#000000></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" color=#000000>William R. Monroe</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>SNIP</FONT></FONT></DIV></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 color=#000000>Question: I know I could use a router instead of a dado blade for stock removal, but I just can't help but think of nasty tearout in that key with the dado set up. I assume you don't have that problem, do you use it simply for fast removal reasons?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000>Fenton</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>