[Harp-L] Re: Vibratory Stress Relief

[Rick Epping <rickepping@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Ron,

Reed chamfering is a different technique from slot embossing, though it
does have similar effects.  You can read more about it in this document I
put together awhile back:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hHeMSL1Pt3MV2U9HWGoPBCYicfukRP6W09CpfVssinU/edit

Best regards,
Rick

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> Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2014 10:45:13 -0500
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>  Rick Epping wrote:
> .......... As for bits of metal left on the reeds from scraping or filing
> (I
> > use scrapers, files and, for chamfering, a chisel), on average most of
> the
> > metal removal occurs along the entire length of the reeds' long edges
> from
> > the chamfering.
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> Rick, do u chamfer, sometimes referred to as embossing (bevel or cut a
> groove in), the reed itself?  Or did you mean to say "most of the metal
> removal occurs along the entire length of the reed slot"?
> ron
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