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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I agree, the smell =
of cutting
different plastics and ivory are all different and all terrible. I have =
also had
some 3-alarm milling machine fires from machining celluloid, be careful =
and the
smoke is toxic.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=joegarrett@earthlink.net =
href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">Joe
Garrett</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, March 06, 2005 =
1:00
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Moulded Key =
Tops</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mike asked: "<FONT face="Times New =
Roman"
size=3>Joe, what do you mean by "stink in my shop?" are you =
=<BR>referring to
a particular glue or the smell of machining off old plastic =<BR>and =
ivory?"</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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size=3>
Mike,</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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size=3>As I use
PVC-E most of the time, it's not the glue smell. However, the =
machining of
Ivorine, Cellulose & Ivory is a "Stink" that I wish I didn't have =
to
endure.<G> For the Sake of good key surfaces, I do =
endure.<G>
Somewhere, in my shop, is a little sign: "IF THE KEYS AREN'T RIGHT, =
NOTHING
ELSE CAN BE!" This should be the motto of every tech,
IMHO!<G></FONT><BR>Best Regards,</DIV></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool
Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>