sawing off hammershank tails

Jeff Tanner jtanner@mozart.sc.edu
Thu, 19 Feb 2004 14:43:25 -0500


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Hi Wim,
It might seem a bit old fashioned and technologically challenged, but=20
you'd be surprised how fast an Exacto Razor Saw works.
Jeff


On Thursday, February 19, 2004, at 12:57 PM, Wimblees@aol.com wrote:

> I used to saw off the ends of shanks with a Dremel saw. But Dremel=20
> discontinued making them. (I guess too many people trying to stop the=20=

> saw with their fingers, and suing Dremel because it cut off their=20
> fingers.)
> =A0
> For a while I was taking the hammers and shanks off, and trimming the=20=

> tails with a band saw. But lately I've been using a Heavy Duty=20
> Cutt-Off Wheel, no. 420 from Dremel. I just did a set,=A0 and it =
worked=20
> OK, except that it burns the wood, which creates a bad smell, and=A0I=20=

> used=A06 wheels.
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> Does anyone else have a way to trim the tails, other than using a band=20=

> saw?
> =A0
> Wim
> Willem Blees, RPT
> Piano tuner/technician
> School of Music
> University of Alabama

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