This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Wish I=92d thought of thatparticular modification to the elegant wooden expensive spring clamp, Joe! So much easier to get that olde leather off = if the hammers can be extracted, though. I just sawed off the bevelled ends of my clothes pegs and made a bunch = of mini wood blocks to use as a pressure plate. Another famous dodge is the = use of =93draughtsmans clips=94 as used on drawing boards =96 indeed as used = to keep table cloths in place in an outside caf=E9 in Riva del Garda=85! I found = a source of outsized wooden sprung clothes pegs which have proved = immensely useful. Same as the usual ones but gauge 2 instead of gauge 0 (in model railway parlance!). Regards Michael G.(UK)=20 =20 =20 _____ =20 From: Joe Garrett [mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net]=20 Sent: 17 September 2005 03:20 To: pianotech Subject: Back Check Leather Clamps =20 Here's a "Scan" of what a Back Check Leather Clamp looks like. They're = made out of Clothes Pins. Take the "pin" apart and drill a 7/32" hole in one = of the "jaws". Then slice it with a fine hand saw, parallel to the hole = sides. The other side should be flattened on a sander or such so that that = surface will hold the leather flat on the back check. Michael's description is correct. Glue the leather to the "curve" first, then do the "flat". = Usually, this can be done without removing the butts from the action. The most difficult part is getting the olde leather off, first.<G> BTW, use hot = hide glue. You can do the whole set in less than 2 hours, IMO. Regards, Joe Garrett, R.P.T. Captain, Tool Police Squares R I ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/d6/46/51/d0/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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