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<DIV>One of the characteristics of epoxy that is overlooked is that
although it will set<FONT face=ast> fast or slow as the case may =
be but
doesn't harden completely for 7 days. Heat helps, but that
feature will make the use of epoxy to be impractical for this
purpose.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>In retrospect, I suspect my using epoxy for filling cracks in =
pinblocks
would have been better had I waited longer before drilling. I =
don't think
I waited very long. Again, I've several epoxy hockey pucks </DIV>
<DIV>laying around that seemed to be soft and after awhile got much
harder. Hmmmmmm? Drilling before complete cure would affect
dimension accuracy.</DIV>
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<DIV>Carl Meyer Ptg assoc<BR>Santa Clara, Ca.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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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> Saturday, February 07, =
2004 9:22
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Shoe pegs or epoxy =
to fill
bridge holes</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 2/7/2004 8:31:25 PM Pacific Standard Time, <A
href="mailto:RNossaman@cox.net">RNossaman@cox.net</A> writes:</DIV>
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solid"><FONT
face=Arial>>I like the idea of epoxies hardness and all that =
but I do a
fair amount of <BR>>bridge work & can't handle the =
aggravation. What
am I missing?<BR><BR>The point that as the high volume shop for this =
operation, you are the one <BR>who should be working out these =
problems and
reporting the solutions to the <BR>rest of us lower volume shops who =
don't
have the advantage of high volume <BR>to incrementally work out =
optimal
approaches.<BR><BR>Ron N</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<STRONG>Ron</STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040
size=3><STRONG> True ,but I had it worked out the =
other way
I mentioned & shared it on list before. I heard so much about =
the
eficacy of epoxies from so many on list I gave up my anti-epoxy bias =
to try
this & am disappointed. So maybe I'll go back to the tried & =
true
method I did work out & did share with you. Besides it doesn't =
take high
volumne to be aggrevated with even one procedural glitch as I'm sure =
you know.
So I'll take that as a I don't have any feedback for you.
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Dale</FONT></STRONG></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>