Got it. Any difference in drill sizes when drilling pin holes? Will -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Ron Nossaman Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 7:40 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Pitch change, etc. William Truitt wrote: > Truthfully, I haven't decided yet. I am aware that others like David Love > have worked out a protocol for planing the root down and then gluing on the > cap. I may do something like that. I have wondered about making the > laminated cap too thick and then planing it down as usual. Is there any > reason why that would be verboten? I will not be using vertical hitch pins > on this coming rebuild. Ever hand plane the face of a piece of plywood? Don't, it's ugly. If you're setting bearing in a traditional manner, you can still do it with a spacer the thickness of your cap for measurement, and plane down the root, gluing the cap on last. Ron N
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