sawing off hammershank tails

Roger Jolly roger.j@sasktel.net
Thu, 19 Feb 2004 16:52:00 -0600


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Japanese pull saw.   from bill Spurlock.

Regards Roger




At 11:57 AM 2/19/2004, you wrote:
>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

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