Why make your own capping material instead of buying it?

[gordon stelter]

Sounds great Terry,
     But are there not ready made materials for this
purpose? Sounds like a LOT of work, that's all, and I
wouldn't want to try it unless I was certain the
results would be better than the retail stuff.  And
you'll need a serious press, I'd think. Maybe with
heated platens. 
   If the stuff Pianotech sells isn't "up to par", why
not just petition them until it is? I'm sure they'd
like the continued business!
     Am I wrong? What am I missing here? I don't mind
work, but this sounds like a specialized operation
best left for someone with plenty of costly, dedicated
equipment. ( Like a 20 ton press! )
     Respectfully,
     Thump
     
--- Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> Exactly. That is where I am going to start. Hopefull
> I can get a blade that will slice cleanly enough for
> me that my laminations can go from the bandsaw
> directly to glueup. I found this: 
>
http://www.tools-for-woodworking.com/product.asp?0=294&1=295&3=1294
>  It is from Highland Hardware and is called their
> Wood Slicer bandsaw blade. It is a Super Sharp
> Thin-Kerf Precision Resawing Blade. It is
> specifically made for cutting veneers (not that I
> haven't heard that before!). I would like to turn 12
> mm of nice maple into a 6 mm thick cap of 1 mm
> laminations. We shall see.
> 
> Terry Farrell
>   
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Greg Newell" <gnewell@ameritech.net>
> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 11:51 PM
> Subject: Re: Thickness Planer
> 
> 
> > 
> > Terry,
> >          I think if I were going to do this with a
> bandsaw cut only I would 
> > be looking into different blades for the saw. I
> would definitely look for 
> > more teeth per inch and perhaps a skip tooth blade
> as well to attempt at a 
> > smoother cut. While our saws cut pretty much
> anything we throw at them my 
> > experience so far is not one of terribly smooth
> cuts. More of an industrial 
> > machine I guess.
> > 
> > Greg
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > At 11:05 PM 2/15/2003, you wrote:
> > 
> > >Thank you Greg. What a wonderful idea. I'm sure I
> could make that work 
> > >somehow or other - at least worth a try. Some of
> my thinking on bridge cap 
> > >laminations also runs toward: how smooth a cut do
> we need? What about just 
> > >a nice smooth cut straight from the band saw?
> Something the equivilent of 
> > >a 60 to 80 grit sanding job?
> > >
> > >I cut some sample 1 mm laminations with an
> inappropriate band saw blade 
> > >(really coarse) and 9 laminations clamped
> together totalled 12 mm thick! I 
> > >guess right around 25% air! Nope, gotta get a
> smoother surface than that!
> > >
> > >Terry Farrell
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Greg Newell" <gnewell@ameritech.net>
> > >To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> > >Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 10:41 PM
> > >Subject: Re: Thickness Planer
> > >
> > >
> > > > I don't know how feasible this would be but
> you could attach the piece you
> > > > want to plane piggy back style to a straight
> flat piece with double sided
> > > > tape. Run them through together and then
> separate and you should have what
> > > > you want.
> > > >
> > > > Greg
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > At 09:30 PM 2/15/2003, you wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >Ron Nossaman stated that he thickness planes
> hard maple to 1.5 to 2 mm
> > > > >thick laminations. I have a 12-1/2 inch
> DeWald thickness planer, but it
> > > > >seems the thinnest it will plane down to is
> about 1/8 inch, or about 3 
> > > mm.
> > > > >What planer goes down to 1.5 mm. Or are
> modifications possible to
> > > > >accomplish this?
> > > > >
> > > > >Terry Farrell
> > > > >
> > > >
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> > > > Greg Newell
> > > > mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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