Downbearing gauge/David Love

[David Love]

Joe:

After my query I began to look around various websites for dial depth
gauges and came up with a few  that I could use.  They weren't terribly
cheap ($140.00 top $180.00).  The one Schaff sold originally was made by FV
Fowler Company.  You can't get the exact gauge anymore, but something
similar.  It then must be modified with the outer legs.  I was wondering
what the spacing was on the original.  I haven't done the math yet, but it
seems that the outer legs should be a set distance apart so that the
reading from the plunger will actually mean something, or can be translated
easily into degrees.  So if the contact points on the outer legs were 2"
apart then the total number of degrees of bearing represented by the
measurement of x with the plunger would be calculated by ....  I think I
need to pull out the trigonometry book.  I don't know, but something tells
me I'll be hearing from Ron N. on this one.  

David Love
davidlovepianos@earthlink.net


> [Original Message]
> From: Joseph Garrett <joegarrett@earthlink.net>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Date: 7/10/2003 7:14:28 PM
> Subject: Re: Downbearing gauge/David Love
>
> You queried: "Anybody know where I can get a dial downbearing gauge like
> Schaff used to
> carry?  They seem to be currently unavailable."
>
> David,
> Make your own. You can get a machinists dial, (or whatever they are
called),
> from Harbor Freight, cheap. A block of aluminum and some steel pin stock,
> drill press, hack saw, sandpaper, etc., a couple hours of messing around
in
> the ole' shop and voila! You'll probably come up with one that far exceeds
> the Schaff/Apsco thingees.<G>
> Best Regards,
> Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon)
>
> Been There, Didn't Like It, So I'm Here To Stay! [G}
>
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