erwinspiano at aol.com wrote: > I despise tight pins and wanted to gain control over the process. I don't mind tight pins if they're controllable. With the Delignit/multilam I use, they are. >I have used both > the delignit block material and the bridge cap material. The first one I made was with the bridge capping. I like Delignit better. The bridge capping is too soft and, as you said, the wrong size. > The added bonus of a block that solve pin hole enlargement over time > was a great feature. That was part of the original idea. The friction gradient was the other. > I have not altered the drilling technique. It is however important as > Terry said to test each block with test pins. Maple varies in hardness > and some no. 2 pins will be too tight drilled at .257 and others better > at .261. You aren't double drilling, are you? I'm using a 6.8mm (0.2677") for my second pass and getting tighter pins than you would probably accept, but very uniform. > The outcome is far better than I hoped. Love tuning these blocks-- > Dale Likewise, and likewise. Ron N
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