<!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 6.00.2800.1555" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Was the cat eating the ribs???</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></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=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, September 14, 2008 5:01 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Shop Myth Busters</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>aka - dirty little secrets - enjoy!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Myth: In a shop that produces quality products very strict procedures are always followed to the letter with no deviations.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Truth: You do what you need to do with the tools and jigs you have in any manner that produces a quality product.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Example:  Gotta make a set of laminated ribs within a short period of time. Check inventory, find that I have proper sized ribs for four of the six desired radii. Make a slab of 12M ribs and put in vacuum bag for overnight cure (lower level in rear). Would really like to make up a slab of 4M radius ribs - hey, they're smallish, I'll just clamp them with five large C clamps to the 4M caul (lower level forward). I had a couple 10M ribs, but one was a half millimeter too short - so I glue a thin 2mm veneer of Sitka to the rib, put a 1x4 on top and clamp it to the caul with a bunch of smaller C clamps (on top of the vacuum bag).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Different clamping/assembly methods for each radii. All will turn out top  quality. Hey, sometimes ya just gotta git 'er dun.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:000301c916bd$d78b9950$0401a8c0@DESKTOP" align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Oh gosh, I hope I didn't let the cat out of the bag!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell<BR>Farrell Piano</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><A href="http://www.farrellpiano.com">www.farrellpiano.com</A><BR><A href="mailto:terry@farrellpiano.com">terry@farrellpiano.com</A></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>