Epoxy/carbon fibre

[Farrell]

No. I have a square in my shop now. It had major cracks at the tight curve. I just routed it down and plopped in a hunk of  quarter sawn hard maple. Then I routed it to shape with a flush bit. Worked well. Can't see repair if you are color blind.  :-)

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Doremus" <algiers_piano@bellsouth.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 8:12 PM
Subject: Epoxy/carbon fibre


> At 5:22 PM -0700 2/6/03, Chris Gregg wrote:
> >  If you want to get really fancy, try epoxying some strips of carbon 
> >fibre in there for good measure.
> 
> 
> This is something I've wondered about for square piano bridges when 
> they break in the treble bend. It would be easy to clamp the parts 
> into the right position and route a slot down the center which could 
> then be filled with epoxy and carbon fibre. Seems like it would solve 
> the problem of grain weakness in a sawed out bridge with really sharp 
> curves. Has anyone tried a repair like this?
> -- 
> ----Dave
> 
> 
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> Dave Doremus RPT
> New Orleans
> algiers_piano@bellsouth.net
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