[CAUT] capstan hole plugging

[Zeno Wood]

Do you use gloves?  I like the wood epoxy, although when I don't use gloves
it's hard to wash off my hands, and when I do use gloves (latex) it gets
pretty sticky after a little while.  Petty stuff, I guess.

-Zeno Wood
Brooklyn College


On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 4:50 PM, David Love <davidlovepianos at comcast.net>wrote:

> That works too the biggest problem being getting it into the holes.  When
> I've used it I use the following method.  After you mix the putting in your
> hand roll it out in small bits into small little diameter coils that will
> fit down into the open capstan holes.  Insert and pack with a thin dowel.
> Do this several times per hole until it is filled.  Use a razor blade as a
> scraper to level the putty by starting in the center and pulling out in
> each
> direction toward the edge.  Lightly sand flush when cured.  The nice thing
> about the putty is that when you are done you don't have to go back and top
> off or level.  But it does take longer than the injector method.  Do it in
> a
> couple of batches as the stuff tends to harden up while you are working.
>  It
> is good when the capstan holes are drilled through.
>
> David Love
> www.davidlovepianos.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of
> Richard Brekne
> Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 12:47 PM
> To: caut at ptg.org
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] capstan hole plugging
>
> I find that the putty epoxy David Stanwood uses for filling keylead
> holes works poifectly for this job myself.
>
> Cheers
> RicB
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