Plumber's Chalk

[Noah Frere]

Okay - so Chuck mentioned plumber's chalk in his pinblock article, and I figured it was a big chunk of chalk much like sidewalk chalk, only stronger and possibly of a different consistency so that it worked well on plates. Turns out it's the powdered stuff I used to use when making chalk-lines for roofing. So are ya'll just pouring it onto the plate flange and rubbing it in then blowing off the excess? 

[Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft]

Noah, mix the powdered chalk with some water and paint it on the plate.

Al -

High Point, NC

On Apr 17, 2013, at 9:24 AM, Noah Frere <noah...@gmail.com> wrote:

[tnr...@aol.com]

Noah

 

You can also buy plumbers chalk as solid block. It's a round half dome. You might need to go to a store that specializes in plumbing supplies.

 

Wim  

[Noah Frere]

Thanks!

[Brian Trout]

That's the stuff I always used, too, the stuff you'd get at the hardware store to put in those little chalk line tools.  It's cheap.  And it comes in different colors, too... at least it used to.

Yup, mix with water, paint it on the plate.  Smack on the pinblock blank with a rubber mallet and grind off the chalk marks.  Repeat as necessary to get a good fit. 

Wouldn't surprise me to hear of a good epoxy being used to fill the gap these days, but the chalk n grind is how we used to do 'em.


Brian

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From: noah...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [ptech] Plumber's Chalk
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:07:28 -0400
To: pian...@googlegroups.com

[Ron Nossaman]

On 4/17/2013 2:27 PM, Brian Trout wrote:
>
> Wouldn't surprise me to hear of a good epoxy being used to fill the gap
> these days, but the chalk n grind is how we used to do 'em.

Still do, then epoxy them as well.

Incidentally, there's no such thing as plumbers chalk. It's carpenter's
chalk, both powdered and the domed chunk.
Ron N

[tnr...@aol.com]

I think we need to change that to piano rebuilder's chalk. Who ever heard of a carpenter, much less a plumber, fitting a pin block, which is what this chalk is for

Wim

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[Brian Trout]

Oooooooooo,... you have no idea how I'm restraining myself from breaking out the plumbers crack type jokes... 
 
:-D
 
 
Brian
 

> Subject: Re: [ptech] Plumber's Chalk

> From: tnr...@aol.com
> Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:42:28 -1000
> To: pian...@googlegroups.com

[Ron Nossaman]

On 4/17/2013 4:03 PM, Brian Trout wrote:
> Oooooooooo,... you have no idea how I'm restraining myself from breaking
> out the plumbers crack type jokes...

Wrong stuff. You need plumbers putty for that - and a trowel.
Ron N