chisels over to bridge height

[RicB]

Sorry Marcel..

That refered to something Terry and I talked about off list. I had 
expressed concern that not getting a good enough fit for the rib notches 
in the rim was a potential source of problems.  Terry sketched out a 
couple of the usual ways of dealing with it.

It dawned on me that if one made the notches clearly oversized, and then 
mixed up some epoxy putty and put enough in the notch area, then cover 
the area with plastic wrapping or something of the like one could press 
the soundboard and clamp it in place forcing the putty to form a perfect 
fit for the rib at the notch.  Then you simply remove the panel again 
and the plastic. Doing one at a time is probably a good idea.. thats 
what I did, because the stuff gets hard fairly fast.

When you are done with all.. the soundboard fits so perfectly in place 
that you dont need any index dowels for any temporary work involving 
taking it in and out, and of course when it comes to gluing time... well 
no chance of any problems there at all. Solid as can be.

Cheers
RicB


    Either I've missed something or it was said privatly but Ric, could you
    please explain the epoxy putty thing..

    Thanks,

    Marcel Carey

      The trick with the rib
     > notches and epoxy putty works great... btw.  Poifict fit as it twere.
     >
     > Cheers
     > RicB
     >