Table saw works better-no flex or wobble, more accurate and safer too. Mike Kurta ----- Original Message ----- From: <tune4u@earthlink.net> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 9:15 PM Subject: RE: Mitre saw keyfront removal. > Sounds very reasonable. I'd want to make darned sure nothing moved, so maybe > a mark scribed or drawn on the sawbed or guide at the end of your clamped > stop block? > > Alan > > > -----Original Message----- > From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On > Behalf Of gordon stelter > Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 7:53 PM > To: Pianotech > Subject: Mitre saw keyfront removal. > > > I haven't tried this yet, but it occurred to me that > an accurate way to remove keyfronts with a "chop-saw" > might be as follows: > 1) Place a key to the left or right of the saw > blade, depending on the "dogleg's" necessity to stay > clear of rear fence. Place it under the blade so that > exactly the right amount will be trimmed off. > 2) Take a block of some stable material and butt > it against that key's front. Then clamp another block > to the saw base, butted up against the far end of the > first. > 3) Now, by butting your "measuring block" > against the permanently clamped "stop block" and then > clamping the key in place against the "measuring > block" before tremoving it, the keys should all have > exactly the same amount of front trimmed off, > presuming no blade wobble. > If anyone has a better idea, I would love to hear > of it. > Thanks! > Thump > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more > http://tax.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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