Is there any chance posters could change the thread name as appropriate? It is confusing my tired brain. Is that Terry or Jim or Thumpe's terrible transition we're talking about, or actually high end rebuilding philosophy and science?? Thanks, Patrick Draine On Thursday, January 10, 2013, Ron Nossaman wrote: > On 1/10/2013 4:13 PM, Terry Farrell wrote: > >> >> On Jan 10, 2013, at 4:51 PM, Ron Nossaman wrote: >> >> On 1/10/2013 3:30 PM, Terry Farrell wrote: >>> >>> I don't think painting West System epoxy on a bridge body is >>>> going to "tightly link the pins to the cap". >>>> >>> >>> Actually, it should do exactly that, especially with a little heat >>> to get the epoxy to suck down around the pins some. >>> >> >> I guess I was thinking more of a new cap. >> > > I think it's a good idea even then. I epoxy pins in even with my epoxy > laminated caps. > > > Agreed. My take on the original post about painting a bridge with >> epoxy to bond/link the pins to the cap was just that. I'm suggesting >> that if you are repinning an old bridge or pinning a new bridge it is >> better to get some epoxy into the hole - not so much to bond the base >> of the pin to the base of the hole, but rather to get some epoxy up >> at the top of the hole and bond the pin to the top area of the hole. >> > > Ah, I see. Yep, I agree too. > Ron N > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20130110/2845c990/attachment.htm>
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