<!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 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Could you tell me more about the epoxy = coating you used?  Thanks.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond</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">----- 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</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, May 17, 2004 9:21 = AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: workbench</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My regulating bench is, well, however = tall a Betsy Ross spinet is, that is how deep my bench is (36 inches). I like = the little bit deeper table because you can easily set the stack = down in back of the action, etc. Notice I'll criticise Kimball spinets, = Winter spinets, Baldwin spinets, but never Betsy Ross spinets. That's because = they make excellent, strong, heavy-duty benches. Just add some leg = extensions to the base and keybed supports, tip the formely-miserable-piano = forward, and add a surface to the back structure. I leveled/flattened the = backframe first with epoxy blobs, then planked it with oak and hard maple = flitches, sanded flat again, and then epoxy coated it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:001c01c43e00$ba44ce10$183e9f04@richmond2zrxmt" = align=baseline border=0></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>And if you leave the strings on, you = can play different cords with each different tool that you slam down on it.....</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:001d01c43e00$ba44ce10$183e9f04@richmond2zrxmt" = align=baseline border=0></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Makes for a very strong, heavy, cheap = and easy-to-build regulating table.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT = face=Arial size=2>> Hi Guys, I'm updating my workshop and need some advise = on depth of workbench for action regulating etc. Is 30" deep enough to accomodate = a grand action and work comfortably?<BR>> <BR>> Rick Ucci/Ucci Piano<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>