?Hi Kendall ??We have made our own blocks for some time now & I'm refining the process ?? I?sent these as attachments in another post but without descriptions. duh! ? I'm building a simple glue press to laminate the planks of Maple into a pinblock structure. ?I'm Modifying a steel table?on wheels with a? very heavy?butcher block base?as my press deck.? The upper steel grid piece suspended over it will have a plywood face & 13 fire hose assembly's will be attached to that. When the five pieces of substrate are glued up the top piece with the firehose deck is lowered down & locked in place. Add air pressure & out comes a beautiful flat double panel of Erwin's & Sons pinblock ?material. Five minutes?you're done as we say. ? I laminate?all the pieces?on the? same table with other fixtures. SO it's a dedicated work station. ??Once its' up a running it will eliminate using every hand clamp in the shop to do this & the uniform pressure is insurance?for the best possible glue joint. ??By the way the Butcher block came from Carl Meyers estate, so he's still working. ? We will offer?our blocks?for sale at some point and in any configuration you wish.? E-mail me privately if interested. I View full size ?? Pieces of fire hose are cut out and layed on the deck. I'll also be able to use this to glue anything that requires pressure & can be fit with?in it's confines. View full size ? Montana...The ever vigiliant shop dog is inspecting things ? Dale Erwin View full size -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080710/9b83ca71/attachment.html
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