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<DIV><FONT size=2>I still do it because it insures a perfect fit to =
the
flange. I can only go through carving the block for so long. =
I get
it to fit as close as is reasonable in a reasonable amount of time, use =
marine
epoxy paste which is very thick and doesn't run all over the =
place. Smear
on just enough to have a small bit of squeeze out, wipe off the excess =
and it's
done. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>David Love</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=Erwinspiano@aol.com
href="mailto:Erwinspiano@aol.com">Erwinspiano@aol.com</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> October 24, 2002 10:40 =
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Marking plate for =
pinblock
fitting</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 =
face="Times New Roman"
size=2 FAMILY="SERIF">In a message dated 10/24/2002 7:30:42 PM =
Pacific
Daylight Time, <A
href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A>
writes:<BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: =
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TYPE="CITE">Subj:<B>Re: Marking plate for pinblock fitting
</B><BR>Date:10/24/2002 7:30:42 PM Pacific Daylight Time<BR>From:<A
=
href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A><BR>=
Reply-to:<A
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A><BR>To:<A
href="mailto:fordpiano@earthlink.net">fordpiano@earthlink.net</A>, =
<A
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A><BR><I>Sent =
from the
Internet </I><BR><BR><BR><BR>I would be interested in what type of =
release
agent/material folks use on the plate flange when epoxy-fitting the =
block to
the flange. You don't want to have to undo cast iron epoxied to hard =
maple!<BR><BR>Terry Farrell<BR> </FONT><FONT lang=0
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FAMILY="SERIF"> &n=
bsp; I
didn't realize folks were going to the trouble of epoxy fitting the =
block to
the flange. For what purpose?. I've done it years ago what a mess. I =
don't
find any tuning stability problems with a nice block to flange fit. Is =
this
insurance or what. Somebody kindly splain dis to me. There's already =
so many
pickin details in complete remanufacture.
Really!<BR> Dale
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