What am I thinking of?
Nesta
Is there any tapered piano wire?
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, Mar 09 2011 08:28 PM
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Posted 09 March 2011 - 08:28 PM
Just want to know if there is any tapered piano wire out there?
What am I thinking of?
Nesta
What am I thinking of?
Nesta
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I'm racing the best here at BP but Father time is much better then all of us united.
Not a snob in this hobby, after all it will be gone, if we keep on going like we do, and I have nothing to prove so I keep on posting because I have nothing to gain.
It's our duty to remember the past so we can have a future.
Pistol Pete you will always be in my memory.
Nesta Szabo
In this bright future you can't forget your past.
BMW (Bob Marley and the Wailers)
United we stand and divided we fall, the Legends are complete.
I'm racing the best here at BP but Father time is much better then all of us united.
Not a snob in this hobby, after all it will be gone, if we keep on going like we do, and I have nothing to prove so I keep on posting because I have nothing to gain.
It's our duty to remember the past so we can have a future.
Pistol Pete you will always be in my memory.
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Posted 09 March 2011 - 08:39 PM
flat music wire?
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Posted 09 March 2011 - 08:46 PM
Sorry not a flat piano wire, one that is tapered.
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In this bright future you can't forget your past.
BMW (Bob Marley and the Wailers)
United we stand and divided we fall, the Legends are complete.
I'm racing the best here at BP but Father time is much better then all of us united.
Not a snob in this hobby, after all it will be gone, if we keep on going like we do, and I have nothing to prove so I keep on posting because I have nothing to gain.
It's our duty to remember the past so we can have a future.
Pistol Pete you will always be in my memory.
Nesta Szabo
In this bright future you can't forget your past.
BMW (Bob Marley and the Wailers)
United we stand and divided we fall, the Legends are complete.
I'm racing the best here at BP but Father time is much better then all of us united.
Not a snob in this hobby, after all it will be gone, if we keep on going like we do, and I have nothing to prove so I keep on posting because I have nothing to gain.
It's our duty to remember the past so we can have a future.
Pistol Pete you will always be in my memory.
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Posted 09 March 2011 - 08:53 PM
sounds like you need a belt sander?
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Posted 09 March 2011 - 08:57 PM
I'm thinking tuning!
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Nesta Szabo
In this bright future you can't forget your past.
BMW (Bob Marley and the Wailers)
United we stand and divided we fall, the Legends are complete.
I'm racing the best here at BP but Father time is much better then all of us united.
Not a snob in this hobby, after all it will be gone, if we keep on going like we do, and I have nothing to prove so I keep on posting because I have nothing to gain.
It's our duty to remember the past so we can have a future.
Pistol Pete you will always be in my memory.
Nesta Szabo
In this bright future you can't forget your past.
BMW (Bob Marley and the Wailers)
United we stand and divided we fall, the Legends are complete.
I'm racing the best here at BP but Father time is much better then all of us united.
Not a snob in this hobby, after all it will be gone, if we keep on going like we do, and I have nothing to prove so I keep on posting because I have nothing to gain.
It's our duty to remember the past so we can have a future.
Pistol Pete you will always be in my memory.
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Posted 09 March 2011 - 09:01 PM
'One_Track_Mind', on 10 Mar 2011 - 01:53 AM, said:
hes dangerous enuff with a soldering iron,whattaya wanna givem a belt sander for,,,he'll kill himself,or at least knock over his glass of(box)wine,,,lol,,sounds like you need a belt sander?
no nesta there aint no tapered piano wire for slotcars,,,but Warmack makes a flat sided wire if you ask him to
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Posted 09 March 2011 - 09:01 PM
The amount and type of flex can be incorporated into the main rails.
As far as an actual tapered rail, I have never seen one. Rails can be made stiffer or softer by variations in the amount and length of braces. There are many ways to tune a build. Look at the braces and pan management in this F1:
Not saying it's good, just using the amount and type of main rail appendages as an example of how they influence the stiffness.. Rails can be stiffer in one location, and less in another. Everybody does it.
As far as an actual tapered rail, I have never seen one. Rails can be made stiffer or softer by variations in the amount and length of braces. There are many ways to tune a build. Look at the braces and pan management in this F1:
Not saying it's good, just using the amount and type of main rail appendages as an example of how they influence the stiffness.. Rails can be stiffer in one location, and less in another. Everybody does it.
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Posted 09 March 2011 - 09:03 PM
You are funny Oscar! 
Sorry no box wine here not that poor yet.
Nesta
Sorry no box wine here not that poor yet.Nesta
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Nesta Szabo
In this bright future you can't forget your past.
BMW (Bob Marley and the Wailers)
United we stand and divided we fall, the Legends are complete.
I'm racing the best here at BP but Father time is much better then all of us united.
Not a snob in this hobby, after all it will be gone, if we keep on going like we do, and I have nothing to prove so I keep on posting because I have nothing to gain.
It's our duty to remember the past so we can have a future.
Pistol Pete you will always be in my memory.
Nesta Szabo
In this bright future you can't forget your past.
BMW (Bob Marley and the Wailers)
United we stand and divided we fall, the Legends are complete.
I'm racing the best here at BP but Father time is much better then all of us united.
Not a snob in this hobby, after all it will be gone, if we keep on going like we do, and I have nothing to prove so I keep on posting because I have nothing to gain.
It's our duty to remember the past so we can have a future.
Pistol Pete you will always be in my memory.
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Posted 09 March 2011 - 09:04 PM
'68Caddy', on 10 Mar 2011 - 01:28 AM, said:
Just want to know if there is any tapered piano wire out there?
What am I thinking of?
Nesta
Nesta:
Maybe you should work on floppy pans cars before you try to make a brass and wire Eurosport?
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Posted 09 March 2011 - 09:14 PM
Hey Bugman, Nesta has showed some good builds lately, give him a little credit, eh ?.
I love to bust his chops when he sux and I also love to stick up for him when he rocks
He takes a lickin and keeps on tickin.
I have not seen any bugman builds lately, Oscar........
I love to bust his chops when he sux and I also love to stick up for him when he rocks
He takes a lickin and keeps on tickin.
I have not seen any bugman builds lately, Oscar........
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Posted 09 March 2011 - 10:13 PM
As others have said, I don't think there's any tapered wire out there. How were you planning to use it? There might be another way to build the same movement, flex, or whatever effect you wanted to try it for.
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Posted 09 March 2011 - 10:16 PM
Have to say I'm surprised that you guys don't know where I'm going with this?
It is not a trick question but its happening.
Nesta
It is not a trick question but its happening.
Nesta
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In this bright future you can't forget your past.
BMW (Bob Marley and the Wailers)
United we stand and divided we fall, the Legends are complete.
I'm racing the best here at BP but Father time is much better then all of us united.
Not a snob in this hobby, after all it will be gone, if we keep on going like we do, and I have nothing to prove so I keep on posting because I have nothing to gain.
It's our duty to remember the past so we can have a future.
Pistol Pete you will always be in my memory.
Nesta Szabo
In this bright future you can't forget your past.
BMW (Bob Marley and the Wailers)
United we stand and divided we fall, the Legends are complete.
I'm racing the best here at BP but Father time is much better then all of us united.
Not a snob in this hobby, after all it will be gone, if we keep on going like we do, and I have nothing to prove so I keep on posting because I have nothing to gain.
It's our duty to remember the past so we can have a future.
Pistol Pete you will always be in my memory.
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Posted 09 March 2011 - 10:21 PM
I always consider the source. So is the glass half full or is it half empty?
So is the glass half full or is it half empty?
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Posted 09 March 2011 - 10:28 PM
Sorry Bill, its not that easy to consider the source this time!
You don't know where I'm going with this one this time, do you? I think tonyp will get it, where I'm going
with it and a special person in LA.
Nesta
You don't know where I'm going with this one this time, do you?
I think tonyp will get it, where I'm going with it and a special person in LA.
Nesta
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In this bright future you can't forget your past.
BMW (Bob Marley and the Wailers)
United we stand and divided we fall, the Legends are complete.
I'm racing the best here at BP but Father time is much better then all of us united.
Not a snob in this hobby, after all it will be gone, if we keep on going like we do, and I have nothing to prove so I keep on posting because I have nothing to gain.
It's our duty to remember the past so we can have a future.
Pistol Pete you will always be in my memory.
Nesta Szabo
In this bright future you can't forget your past.
BMW (Bob Marley and the Wailers)
United we stand and divided we fall, the Legends are complete.
I'm racing the best here at BP but Father time is much better then all of us united.
Not a snob in this hobby, after all it will be gone, if we keep on going like we do, and I have nothing to prove so I keep on posting because I have nothing to gain.
It's our duty to remember the past so we can have a future.
Pistol Pete you will always be in my memory.
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Posted 09 March 2011 - 10:34 PM
If it was leaked to you, I'm sure it was real special, all right, Nesta 
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Posted 10 March 2011 - 02:19 AM
'Pablo', on 10 Mar 2011 - 02:14 AM, said:
Paul,im not a builder,id rather buy from a great builder and work from there,,lol,,,Hey Bugman, Nesta has showed some good builds lately, give him a little credit, eh ?.
I love to bust his chops when he sux and I also love to stick up for him when he rocks
He takes a lickin and keeps on tickin.
I have not seen any bugman builds lately, Oscar........
ya see i dont turn my cars into ashtrays after every race like he does,,,,lol,,,another nesta crashfest this weekend,,,
(I love to bust his chops when he sux) ME TOO !!
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Posted 10 March 2011 - 09:07 AM
If tapered piano wire were needed or desired, it would be very easy to just make it. All you'd need would be:
-A Dremel or similar tool and some cutoff wheels
-An electric drill (battery or AC)
-A selection of sandpaper
That would be the scratchbuilder's approach, and this would be a heck of a lot easier than a lot of other routine scratchbuilding chores.
-john
-A Dremel or similar tool and some cutoff wheels
-An electric drill (battery or AC)
-A selection of sandpaper
That would be the scratchbuilder's approach, and this would be a heck of a lot easier than a lot of other routine scratchbuilding chores.
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Posted 10 March 2011 - 10:39 AM
TAPERED piano wire??? The question would be a resounding "why?" Is the music that bad that it needs new trickery to sound any better?
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Posted 10 March 2011 - 10:51 AM
'TSR', on 10 Mar 2011 - 3:39 PM, said:
TAPERED piano wire??? The question would be a resounding "why?" Is the music that bad that it needs new trickery to sound any better?
Maybe someone's scratch building a tapered piano?-john
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Posted 10 March 2011 - 02:14 PM
Hey Guys! Certainly he is not drinking box wine yet. Thereb was more than a case left over from my donation at the checkpoint. Oh yeah that was two months ago. Sorry! Gus in Sacto.
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Posted 10 March 2011 - 02:18 PM
'Gus Kelley', on 10 Mar 2011 - 7:14 PM, said:
Hey Guys! Certainly he is not drinking box wine yet. Thereb was more than a case left over from my donation at the checkpoint. Oh yeah that was two months ago. Sorry! Gus in Sacto.
now you know just 1 case(of $2-buck chuck)aint gonna last Nesta 2 months
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Posted 10 March 2011 - 04:34 PM
'havlicek', on 10 Mar 2011 - 3:51 PM, said:
Beat me to it. And thanks.Maybe someone's scratch building a tapered piano?
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Posted 10 March 2011 - 04:43 PM
Piano wire in a piano is coiled not tapered.
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Posted 10 March 2011 - 06:44 PM
First of all I don't drink chuck. Bill is right.
Of course I'm not building a piano.
Nesta
Bill is right. Of course I'm not building a piano.
Nesta
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In this bright future you can't forget your past.
BMW (Bob Marley and the Wailers)
United we stand and divided we fall, the Legends are complete.
I'm racing the best here at BP but Father time is much better then all of us united.
Not a snob in this hobby, after all it will be gone, if we keep on going like we do, and I have nothing to prove so I keep on posting because I have nothing to gain.
It's our duty to remember the past so we can have a future.
Pistol Pete you will always be in my memory.
Nesta Szabo
In this bright future you can't forget your past.
BMW (Bob Marley and the Wailers)
United we stand and divided we fall, the Legends are complete.
I'm racing the best here at BP but Father time is much better then all of us united.
Not a snob in this hobby, after all it will be gone, if we keep on going like we do, and I have nothing to prove so I keep on posting because I have nothing to gain.
It's our duty to remember the past so we can have a future.
Pistol Pete you will always be in my memory.
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According to several of your previous posting, you did. It is not a crime of course but... when did you quit?First of all I don't drink
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