Well, that sounds a little more possible than what I was thinking. I'm down to one income in the house now so I need to watch expenses. I'll have to research what to get and how much of it if the bag thing doesn't work out. Greg Newell Greg's Piano Forté www.gregspianoforte.com 216-226-3791 (office) 216-470-8634 (mobile) -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of David Love Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 11:26 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Rib/Panel Clamping Methods - was: Fire hose failure! Like Ron says, it's not that much. The fire hose material is under $100 depending on how many clamps you are making. I think the price I saw on Terry's material was $78.50 for 50 feet. More than enough. The rest of the hardware involves shut off valves and the fittings to close the hose at one end (cheap) and to allow plug in to your compressor on the other end (a bit more but not that much). Of course you need a small compressor as well. David Love www.davidlovepianos.com -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Greg Newell Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 8:01 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Rib/Panel Clamping Methods - was: Fire hose failure! David, Understood. One drawback to the fire hose is that I don't already own that. How much did you invest in to making one? Greg Newell Greg's Piano Forté www.gregspianoforte.com 216-226-3791 (office) 216-470-8634 (mobile) -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of David Love Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 10:04 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Rib/Panel Clamping Methods - was: Fire hose failure! The pneumatic method is just so simple with nothing to make new for every board. I can't see the benefit of using the vacuum style. The rib locating template that you mention is, I believe, used on the new Walter piano but even there it's pneumatic clamping. It's just that you can quickly set the ribs into the precut slots in the template and then the pneumatic clamping top just comes down on top of it and clamps all the ribs at once. Glue dries, lift up the top and remove the panel, slip another one in, insert the ribs drop down the clamping table etc. Very easy that way. Also, once the glue sets which happens pretty fast, you can easily remove the panel and clean up the squeeze out. No bag to clean. David Love www.davidlovepianos.com
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