This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Having taken two of these piano backs apart, I don't see how epoxy = poured in the joint is going to hold diddly. The back is failing because = of the poor glue in the joint. Both sides of the failed joint failure is = covered with glue power or residue. I tried to bond a couple of these = pieces with epoxy without cleaning the old glue off. Result! Won't hold. = The 6" maching screw through to the posts are really what's holding if = you don't take the top apart and rebuild it. It a great shop job to = rebuild the failure.=20 Rich Richard Snelson rsnelson0984@mchsi.com ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Dean May=20 To: Pianotech=20 Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 4:39 AM Subject: RE: Apart at the Seams >>Poured a bunch of West System epoxy into the voids. ! I usually = drill downward into the cracks with a 1/8" drill every inch or two to = make a channel for the epoxy to get down into the bottom of the crack... =20 =20 Put your epoxy into a syringe (available at farm supply stores) and = get a drill bit the same size as the end of the syringe (leave needle = off). Then start your hole about =BD inch from crack at about a 60 deg = angle down, so that the bit comes out into the crack about an inch below = the top. Inject your epoxy into this hole and it you can watch it fill = the crack from the bottom up. You'll need to drill holes about every 3-4 = inches. Dean =20 Dean May cell 812.239.3359 PianoRebuilders.com 812.235.5272 Terre Haute IN 47802 =20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/1a/66/d4/d5/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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