I made my first new guide rail recently, piece of cake. The next one I'll just re-cap and keep the root. Since you have to rebush anyway, it's not that much work. Plus, all the holes will be dead on. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 4:37 PM Subject: Re: Oh boy! > >> Wow! I'll bet none of those bushings ever fell out! Yeah, man! >> >> Innovation at every corner! >> >> Ahhhh, maybe a drill bit and a router. >> >> Terry Farrell > > I poked at it and found that he'd put the bushings in dry, then slathered > the Titebond around the bottom to hold them in. I could see the table saw > yanking them out and wreaking havoc, so I passed on Jon's suggestion and > hit them with the back hoe - AKA - Red Devil scraper. It could have been > worse. He glued the pinblock and music desk glides in with Gorilla Glue. > I've been almost everywhere in the piano that supertech had been, so I > hope I'm running low on these little tidbits of talent and craftsmanship. > Ron N > >
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