From: "Vince Mrykalo" <REEVESJ@ucs.byu.edu> To: Joseph Alkana <jfa19@.nwlink.com> Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 06:57:52 MST7MDT Subject: Re: The Young Chang Blues Reply-to: reevesj@ucs.byu.edu > >Pardon my ignorance here, but how does one "tighten" the leather on the > knuckle? Bolstering, of course, would round out the flatened shape and add a > certain measure of tension on the the leather from within. My concern is > that the leather in question apparantly is stretching, so wouldn't > bolstering just continue to do the same thing down the line? Is there > another technique involved. Thanks. > > Joseph > No, don't bolster the knuckles to tighten the leather. This is a simple proceedure, and as far as I know, the leather, once tightened, will not loosen up again. You see, the problem was that the leather was not stretched enough to begin with. Cut the knuckle leather through to the core close to the shank, on the side closer to the hammer. You may have to cut about 1/16th " of the covering off, as the extra amount of stretching will make the covering too long to go around the core of the knuckle. Then, using hot glue from a glue gun, put glue only on the end of the covering, stretch it over the core, hold it there with your fingers for about 10 seconds, or use a spring clamp with the rubber on the ends removed, and you are done. vince mrykalo rpt byu provo utah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get a full day's worth of Dave Stanwood at the Intermountain convention May 10th and 11th at Brigham Young University. Call 801-378 3400 for more information. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ vince mrykalo rpt byu provo utah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get a full day's worth of Dave Stanwood at the Intermountain convention May 10th and 11th at Brigham Young University. Call 801-378 3400 for more information. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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