Terry, The laminated is what I would prefer to use, however, isn't it quite difficult or impossible to obtain a clean notch using hand chisels on this material? ----- Original Message ---- From: Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com> To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 1:27:22 PM Subject: Re: bridge recapping tools Not to toot my own horn, but................ Laminated. http://www.farrellpiano.com/bridge.htm Terry Farrell Farrell Piano, Inc. terry at farrellpiano.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Hull" <hullfam5 at yahoo.com> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 9:09 AM Subject: bridge recapping tools >I must dive in to my first treble bridge recapping job. I have only done a bass bridge thus far and it was only beveled, not notched. Maybe the difficulty of this job can be taken down a few notches if I get the best tools and wonder what you would recommend. > > I have looked at the Mazzaglia website and saw: > Bridge pin tri-punches > Massive chisels > Bearing saw > Bearing gauges > Bearing lines > Notch tool - for cutting and cleaning the sides of the notches > Bridge capping washers - is this for putting pressure on the joint while gluing on the new cap? > > Do you recommend PianoTek's bridge capping material or who else. > > I have read Bob Hohf's article on Bridge Recapping - not artilcle more like a book. Is there another good writing on this ? - need something concise > I know I'm going to have a lot of questions on this and will also look over the archives. > > Thanks. > > Bob Hull > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080111/4367e88b/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 42082 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080111/4367e88b/attachment-0001.jpe
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