Nice Baldwin Pinblock

[gordon stelter]

Hey Terry,
    If you are going to all that trouble, I'm sure
you'll slather epoxy all over the block surface to
make it moisture-proof, right?
     Personally, I would not try this approach. Old
hide glue weakens with humidity swings, and the block
may be on the verge of delamination, or have some
internal separation that you can't see that is
worsened by pounding in the plugs. And you might even
get "Mad Cow Disease" ( Spongiform encephalopy ) from
breathing all that hide glue dust you kick up 
drilling!
      Thump

--- Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> No, I have not cut my own plugs yet. And you have a
> valid point about questioning the time required. I
> would never try to resurect a block that was
> delaminating. In this particular case, the block
> looks like new and was fit well. 
> 
> Part of my twisted inefficient thinking revolves
> around not wasting good wood. How big a hole did
> your plug cutter make? I'm assuming I can cut the
> 200-some-odd plugs out of half a pinblock. That way
> I would save half a block. If the plug cutter cuts a
> large hole and cutting the plugs is going to use a
> whole block, then I would DEFINATELY change
> direction QUICKLY and simply replace the block. I
> actually laid awake a while last night wondering if
> plugs was a stupid idea (from a time perspective - I
> am confident that stucturally, epoxy-installed plugs
> are excellent).
> 
> Please - how big a hole did your plug cutter cut (I
> assume the plug it cut was 1/2")?
> 
> Terry Farrell
>   
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Caroline Hull" <hullfam5@yahoo.com>
> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 11:49 PM
> Subject: Re: Nice Baldwin Pinblock
> 
> 
> > 
> > I plugged a pinblock this summer and it took
> probably two or three times longer than just
> replacing the pinblock.  By the time I purchased a
> $60 plug cutter, spent time making the plugs, bought
> pinblock material, drilled the holes for the plugs,
> epoxyed them in, - it was a $$ losing job.  An
> additional problem was that it was an open face
> pinblock, so I had to make a template for
> redrilling.   Maybe you've done this before and had
> better success.  
> > Bob E. Hull
> >  
> >  
> >  Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:I took
> apart a 1947 Baldwin M grand today. Pinblock was
> interesting. 5 ply. Much like the Bolduc, only three
> inner layers were a little thicker (3/8") and the
> two outer layer were a little thinner, (1/8"). The
> three inner layers were nicely quarter sawn, and
> edge glue joints were tounge and groove. Nice block.
> I think I'll plug rather than replace - save some
> maple.
> > 
> > I thought the block would be morticed or doweled
> into the rim. Nope. Three big screws through block
> into rim at treble end and two at bass end. That's
> all. Not glued to stretcher.
> > 
> > Now you know!
> > 
> > Terry Farrell
> > 
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