Pinblock/Frame Separation Report!

[Mark Story]

There is a deep(er) throated pipe clamp that is perfectly suited to
soundboard gluing. The throat is only 3" or so, but is perfectly useful. I
use about half of these type clamp and half "F" clamps. The throat of the
"F" clamps that I have are really overkill for soundboard gluing and are
sometimes a pain to keep in place. The advantage of the pipe-type clamps is
that you can carry different length pipes for different jobs and you can
turn the jaws around to apply a separating force as well.


Mark Story. RPT
Eastern Washington University
Cheney, Washington

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf Of
Ron Nossaman
Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2000 10:29 AM
To: pianotech@ptg.org
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Pinblock/Frame Separation Report!

Yo, and like that.

While pipe clamps are pretty good squeezers of things thin, or edges of
things thick, they don't have the throat depth for reaching over the outer
rim installing soundboards. Like Father Jim said, that done be a whole
'nother world.

What you need for the fabled "Soundboard Installation Experience" is "F"
clamps