[CAUT] various tool suppliers

[David Ilvedson]

They don't have sandpaper...just checked

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, California



----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Horace Greeley" <hgreeley at stanford.edu>
To: "College and University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org>, "Alan McCoy" <amccoy at mail.ewu.edu>
Received: 6/12/2006 11:28:57 AM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] various tool suppliers




>Hi, Alan, David,

>Quoting Alan McCoy <amccoy at mail.ewu.edu>:

>> Hi David,
>>
>> Have you found a place to purchase Hermes abrasives?

>It used to be available here:

>http://abrasives4sale.com/

>..probably still is.

>Also, you can probably get a list of US vendors from the manufacturer:

>http://www.hermesabrasives.com/

>I've used their ceramic blue sheets

>http://www.hermesabrasives.com/info/sapphireblue.html

>for years, but used to buy it by the fold and have not needed to in a while.

>Hope this helps.

>Best.

>Horace


>>
>> Alan
>>
>>
>> -- Alan McCoy, RPT
>> Eastern Washington University
>> amccoy at mail.ewu.edu
>> 509-359-4627
>>
>>
>> > From: David Ilvedson <ilvey at sbcglobal.net>
>> > Reply-To: <ilvey at sbcglobal.net>, "College and University Technicians
>> > <caut at ptg.org>" <caut at ptg.org>
>> > Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 15:18:27 -0700
>> > To: <caut at ptg.org>
>> > Subject: Re: [CAUT] various tool suppliers
>> >
>> > I was a strip filer before I went to the Yamaha seminar.   I am now a
>> paddler
>> > only.   Yamaha provided us with a sheet of sandpaper from
>> "Hermes"....80 grit
>> > for the paddle.   Max, Yamaha Master Tech, said his paddle was 4 years
>> > old...never changed the sandpaper!   The paddle is just a piece of thin
>> > wood...1 inch or so wide by 6 inches long.   No handle.   Held between
>> index
>> > and middle finger lightly with thumb pressing down lightly.   We worked
>> from
>> > the front side of the hammer up to the top, lightened up on the
>> pressure over
>> > the top and then down the other side.   I am having success with Renner
>> Blues
>> > even...
>> >
>> > David Ilvedson, RPT
>> > Pacifica, California
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Original message ----------------------------------------
>> > From: "Fred Sturm" <fssturm at unm.edu>
>> > To: "College and University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org>
>> > Received: 6/9/2006 11:44:50 AM
>> > Subject: Re: [CAUT] various tool suppliers
>> >
>> >
>> >> On Jun 8, 2006, at 8:15 PM, Debra Feiger wrote:
>> >
>> >>> I'm trying to find vendors for a few items if anyone
>> >>> can help me find out who sells:
>> >>>
>> >>> magnetic let-off strips,
>> >>> good sharp scissors to cut felt,
>> >> mustache scissors, cosmetic section of drug store or whatever. Or go
>> >> to your local fabric store and check out their selection. Or you can
>> >> spend $100 and up at a gourmet knife and scissors emporium <G>.
>> >>> a tilter for upright pianos,
>> >> Schaff's is fine. I bought one for the U from them about 2 - 3 years
>> >> ago. Don't know what else is available.
>> >>> the best quality bushing cloth/felt (is Schaff's as
>> >>> good as Renner's and Pianotec'?),
>> >> Probably quality is the same (probably both from Hainesworth (?sp?),
>> >> as Charles House is gone). I buy from Pianotek as the selection is or
>> >> has been better than anyone else's (they used to carry both Charles
>> >> House and Hainesworth, in several thicknesses. They might still have
>> >> some Charles House in stock. I use BU-6, 7, 8, 9. I find selection of
>> >> thickness critical to a good job, so I want multiple thicknesses on
>> >> hand to choose from.
>> >>> sandpaper (is 3M garnett the best and can you buy it
>> >>> already backed (for hammer filing)?
>> >> Garnet is the best natural material. There are several synthetics
>> >> that work quite well. I find aluminum oxide quite workable for most
>> >> purposes. To glue it to a paddle, use double-sided carpet tape (tip
>> >> courtesy of Eric. I guess he forgot to tell you <g>). Me, I'm a strip
>> >> sander, and use individual hammer sized strips for all my coarse
>> >> hammer filing, backed with scotch tape for strength and smoothness.
>> >> Wider strips to "shoe-shine" the crowns in fine grits. I find I can
>> >> get better control that way, though it does take practice to get the
>> >> needed skill.
>> >>>   Also Eric
>> >>> Schandal recommends C and not D weight. Comments?
>> >> I dunno. You'll have to ask him why.
>> >>>
>> >>> thanks everybody
>> >>> Debra
>> >
>> >> Regards,
>> >> Fred Sturm
>> >> University of New Mexico
>> >> fssturm at unm.edu
>>
>>
>>