At 10:16 AM 3/31/2006 -0700, you wrote: >Jon, > >IMO alcohol seems to burn (blacken) the shank easier than butane. As long >as the shank is held in the blue flame it won’t burn. Don’t you find this >to be true? > >Jim > IMMH(?)O, I find just the opposite. I've scorched more whenever I've tried butane things. Like Jon, I pass the flame most of the way from hammer to knuckle. That way it spreads the twist over a longer distance. >> >>---------- >> >>Usually anything which is off 2 degrees or more is reset rather than >>burned-in. BTW, just for fun, I did a 90° twist on one shank. No idea of longevity, however. It burned nicely in my fireplace...;-} Conrad Hoffsommer - Keyboard Technician Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 1-(563)-387-1204 // Fax 1-(563)-387-1076 - Right now, I'm hoping to live until my age matches my golf score, - Until then, I'll have to be content to have my IQ match my handicap.
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