Bending rims... sideline from Re: Plate Bushings

[Kdivad@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 06/04/2000 11:25:16 AM Central Daylight Time, 
JIMRPT@AOL.COM writes:

>  It is possible that S&S wanted to keep the terminology very simple and, 
>  without going into mind numbing detail, allow some glimpse into the making 
> of 
>  their rims. In the book, Steinway and Sons, there is a series of pictures 
>  that show quite clearly the rim building process..sans "vise"..sans 
"press" 
>  but with lots of "clamps", "cauls" and men.
>  
>   Hey if I turn out to be wr.... er, mista......not correct, it will still 
be 
> 
>  a beatiful day here. :-)
>  

Well it is wet and miserable here today so I have got nothing to lose.  In my 
mind (as simple as it is) I think I would call any large shaped device (in 
this case piano shaped) used to apply pressure over a large area a press.  
That was the impression I got from Steinway's web page.

Maybe the "piano shaped device" will not open far enough to start bending the 
rim laminations? 

Vise,  clamp perhaps it is semantics:-)


David Koelzer
Associate Member
DFW