Rib Press

[Marcel Carey]

I was talking about the other system with clamp pressure that he wanted
to build.

Marcel

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : pianotech-bounces at ptg.org 
> [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] De la part de Farrell
> Envoyé : 26 mars 2007 18:12
> À : Pianotech List
> Objet : Re: Rib Press
> 
> 
> "When you start putting the pressure you'll have to go back 
> and forth to 
> even out the pressure and it will be extremely difficult for 
> you to be sure 
> to get even pressure."
> 
> Marcel, can you take another stab at stating the above - I don't 
> understand - back and forth between what? What is difficult 
> about delivering 
> a target air pressure?
> 
> Terry Farrell
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> > I've fitted my hoses with a platic cap at one end and 
> drilled a hole 
> > in the cap to insert a truck tire valve. You could use a 
> bicycle pump 
> > to fill them if you don't want to use the compressor. The 
> screw type 
> > will be heavier and more problematic to use:  When you 
> start putting 
> > the pressure you'll have to go back and forth to even out 
> the pressure 
> > and it will be extremely difficult for you to be sure to get even 
> > pressure. Air pressure is THE way to go for rib gluing. To keep my 
> > cauls together, I just use webbing straps that are held tight with 
> > small c-clamps. Real portable and light.
> >
> > Marcel Carey, RPT
> > Sherbrooke, QC
> 
> 
>