GEE THANKS How ..oft.. a jack-in -the-box?

[John Ross]

Chrysler products still use them.
Automobile junk yards are an inexpensive source.
Yes you do need wood fillers. I use scrap 6x6, and 2x6.
I always meant to make a sturdy box, to keep them in, as a previous Journal article had, in conjunction with a hydraulic jack.
The box is used to give more height, instead of wood scraps.
The scissor jack is much more controllable, up and down, and no fluid to leak.
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: KeyKat88 at aol.com 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 9:36 PM
  Subject: Re:GEE THANKS How ..oft.. a jack-in -the-box?


  In a message dated 5/11/2007 12:42:28 AM Eastern Daylight Time, irs.pianos at earthlink.net writes:
    The Car Jack-scissors type  on a pedestal is a winner and I already have it in my van.If 
  Greetings,

        Wow! WELLL!...when you put in automoble terms and me, being an professtional auto mechanic's daughter,  (born and raised jacking up cars) (this is probably why I chose to be a piano mechanic)...well NOW I am not so afraid of this job anymore! 
      I  would like to thank everyone for the responses I got to this, One question: Is the scissors jack that some mention, the ones out of old Fords. Ford and Mercury were still equipping their cars with those as late as 1991. I can get one of those easy...My car has one! It seems though I would need some wood pieces with that as they wont go as high as the whole piano leg's height. unlesss I am thinking of another way of doing it.The stand jack is a good idea too! Any thing that'll hold up a car will hold up a piano, of course it has to be balanced safely/properly 

  Thanks!
  Julia





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