Excellent! Thanks!!! I think it's time to get the CD. Too much time spent looking through almost 20 years of Journals. Best, Greg Ron Nossaman wrote: > >Ron, > > Thank you for taking the time to write all of this. Would you have > >pictures you > >could forward of the rib jig and or your soundboard press? A picture is indeed > >worth a thousand words. > > How big is this soundboard press of yours? Do you have trouble storing > when > >it's not in use? Or is it in constant use in your high volume production > >environment? I'm not trying to poke fun. I really have no concept of how busy > >others might be. Is this patterned after Clair Davies press? Is this the one > >featured in the Journal some time ago? Can you tell me which issue? Was the > >pneumatic clamping system expensive? > > Thanks again for your help. It is most appreciated. > >Greg > > Greg, > It consists of five individual clamps of different lengths and caul radii, > looking quite similar to the ones in the article by Claire Davis. There is > no press - none, just the five clamps. That's it. Storage space consists of > whatever is necessary to get those five relatively small clamps out of the > way enough to get on with whatever work is currently in the shop. Being a > one man shop with a decent tuning customer base, the "press" is a far cry > from being in constant use. I don't know off hand which issues it appeared > in, but it's on the PTJ CD set. I ended up with around $100 in the set and > whatever the construction time ended up being. > > Ron N -- Greg Newell mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net
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