traveling/traveling/ traveling?

[Lance Lafargue]

Hi,
I travel the end shanks of each section carefully with a square.  Then I
clip a strip of wood (those slats that come in boxes of Renner parts) to the
end hammers with clothes pins.  On the strip is glued a strip of paper with
vertical lines printed on it (covers the whole piece of wood) from Microsoft
Word.  I just print out vertical lines on a page, cut it out squarely, and
glue it to the strip of wood.
Like>  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! except just vertical
lines, not !!!!.  As you pull the whole section up to strike level you can
easily see travel problems.  I use strips of packing tape that you must wet
to stick, and hang it from my mouth as I work.  Pretty fast.
Lance Lafargue, RPT
Mandeville, LA
New Orleans Chapter, PTG
lancelafargue@bellsouth.net

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf
Of Kevin E. Ramsey
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 7:17 AM
To: pianotech@ptg.org
Subject: Re: traveling/traveling/ traveling?


    I agree, traveling shanks before hanging hammers just makes too much
sense not to do it. I generally use a straightedge with many perpendicular
lines marked on it. As you lift the shanks from their resting position, you
can easily see the ones that move from side to side. I like the idea of the
square though.
    It just makes more sense to try to travel the shanks before hanging
hammers, if you can eliminate as much burning in of the shanks later.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Erwinpiano" <Erwinpiano@email.msn.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2001 8:54 PM
Subject: Re: traveling/traveling/ traveling?


>   Hi Guys
>    I Firmly like the idea ,to each there own ,BUT in our shop we travel
all
> our shanks prior to hammer hanging.  I think I got this technique from the
> Snyder boys and its simple quick,& accurate.  Screw the action frame to a
> very level benchtop and put a square up to the side of each shank  Move
each
> shank up and down indivdually.,and travel accordingly.  This makes it
> possible to be sure that the shanks are truly traveling straight and
> eliminates 95% of shank burning after the hmmrs are hung except of course
if
> you did not hang em straight and sometimes we don't but if you do theres
not
> much burning required.  I still find that minor amounts of travel tweaking
> is needed ,as Dave Love sai, it is quite easy to see traveling shanks with
> hmmrs on.
>
>    Dale Erwin
>
>   Will be at calif. convention manana.  Stop by our exhibit booth and play
> our 1929 Remanufactured BB Mason&Hamlin.  It turned out well and would
value
> your opinions and preludes!
>
>