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<DIV>In a message dated 10/30/2003 12:51:16 PM Pacific Standard Time, pianos=
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue =
2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>Erwinspiano@aol.com wrote:<BR>> I lay out t=
he ribs across the top of the case and over the rib <BR>> notch,then mark=
the rib on the under side next to the rim. <BR><BR>Dale,<BR><BR>Why not do =
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BR><BR>After the panel is fitted to the case use it to mark out the rib <BR>=
lengths. In the photo the panel may look a little funny. The top and <BR>bot=
tom surfaces are just as they came from the panel press and have not <BR>yet=
been planned and sanded.<BR><BR>John Hartman RPT</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=3><STRONG> H=
I John</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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Great picture. I haven't quite absorbed how your locating the ribs on the bo=
ard yet but I have some ideas. With the board fit to the case are you t=
hen marking from underneath on the panel at the notches? or just taking the =
overall length of the ribs from existing original ribs. Fill me in I'm feeli=
ng a bit dense on this one.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=3><STRONG> &=
nbsp; The way I usually proceed is to make my ribs, crown, radius the =
back, cut the cutouts & sand the cut outs & rib end thickness/width =
till they fit the notches snugly in the case. I have the panel dried d=
own out this point. </STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=3><STRONG> &=
nbsp; Then I lay out the panel as Ron N. described on the rim, mark, c=
ut it then chalk & sand the board edges till I get it to fit snug, all t=
he while being supported by the ribs, which I like. With the ribs in pl=
ace I pencil mark rib ends that fit on the belly notches (next to the c=
ase) so that I can use that as a guide to draw the glue joint across the bel=
ly rail portion of the board. After that I finish sand the bottom of bo=
ard, put a small pin thru the rib ends pointing up & then press the boar=
d down onto the nails. </STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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While still in this position I scribe the glue joint from underneath where I=
can reach. I then Pull the board out finish drawing the belly glue joint li=
ne from the rib markings on to the board.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=3> =
David, Sitka panels that are tongue & groove construction such as the on=
es John & Rick Wheeler make are very strong even without ribs. It would =
just be carelessness or dumb luck to break one. Do you feel lucky</FONT></ST=
RONG></DIV>
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DAle</FONT></STRONG></DIV></BODY></HTML>