This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Wim, I've found this method to be the most effective: On the workbench, flip the action stack onto its front so the hammers can individually come down onto the bench with the tails pointing up. I position the stack at a point near the edge of the bench so I can grab one hammer head at a time with a plastic spring-clamp (available at Big-Lots, 5 for a dollar) and brace the clamp with my hand against the front edge of the bench. (Geesh, a picture really would be worth a thousand words here) . This makes for a really firm anchor. I then cut the end of the shank off with one of those beautiful Japanese pull-saws designed for cutting off dowels. (#JBS-2204, page D-42 Pianotek catalog). Three or four pulls and its gone leaving a nice slick, flush cut which needs no further treatment. Believe it or not, it only takes 15 - 20 minutes to do the whole set this way. Its nice and quiet too... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eric Wolfley Head Piano Technician Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music University of Cincinnati ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----Original Message----- From: Wimblees@aol.com [mailto:Wimblees@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 12:57 PM To: caut@ptg.org Subject: sawing off hammershank tails I used to saw off the ends of shanks with a Dremel saw. But Dremel discontinued making them. (I guess too many people trying to stop the saw with their fingers, and suing Dremel because it cut off their fingers.) For a while I was taking the hammers and shanks off, and trimming the tails with a band saw. But lately I've been using a Heavy Duty Cutt-Off Wheel, no. 420 from Dremel. I just did a set, and it worked OK, except that it burns the wood, which creates a bad smell, and I used 6 wheels. Does anyone else have a way to trim the tails, other than using a band saw? Wim Willem Blees, RPT Piano tuner/technician School of Music University of Alabama ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/5f/30/12/d5/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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