Cuttin' Sitka for Soundboards

[Paul Chick (Earthlink)]

Where are his safety glasses?

 

Paul C

 

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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Farrell
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 10:14 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Cuttin' Sitka for Soundboards

 

Recently got a couple orders for soundboard panels for a Steinway B and a
Steinway D. Thought I should start cuttin' some Sitka as a first step in
building these panels. Just thought I would share some photos of the process
- not everyone has the opportunity to see this.

 

Picture below is of my general setup. The two-inch-thick Sitka boards I am
resawing are on the floor after the first cut. My untouched two-inch stock
is on the left of the picture. Bandsaw is on the right.

 



 

 

The Sitka stock I have now runs from boards of 16 to 20 feet long. In the
picture is a 16-foot-long board ready to go through the bandsaw. The object
here is to produce flitches for building a soundboard panel.

 



 

 

There's the board half-way through the cut.

 



 

 

And the cut is complete!

 



 

 

Here is a picture of the power feed I have for my bandsaw...... ;-)

 



 

Terry Farrell
Farrell Piano

 

www.farrellpiano.com
terry at farrellpiano.com

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