That's what I use and how I use it...I have no problems with blacken shanks...it doesn't take much... David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, California Original message From: "Don Mannino" To: "College and University Technicians" Received: 3/31/2006 10:22:25 AM Subject: Re: [CAUT] hammer burning experiment Wim, I use one of those long barbeque lighters, and wave it back and forth the length of the shank. It spreads out the twisting action over a longer area. Don Mannino -----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Wimblees at aol.com Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 8:11 AM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: [CAUT] hammer burning experiment Someone asked if I could do an experiment of my burning technique to see if the hammer was moving or the shank. I've got a box full of old Steinway S hammers glued to shanks, (They are not genuine Steinway parts), on which I did the experiment. I scribed a line across the shank and the hammer, and using my Weller heat gun, heated the hammer, and bent it off center, the way I normally burn a hammer. Guess what. The hammer did not move. The shank turned. So all this time I thought I was loosening the glue joint, when I was in fact, I bening the wood. As I said, I heat the shank at the hammer. The question I have is, where do you guys heat the shank? How far from the hammer? Wim -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20060331/357e6210/attachment-0001.html
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