using superglue on hammer glue joints

Don drose@dlcwest.com
Sat, 20 Dec 1997 13:02:12 -0600


Hi Roger,

I remember begin shown the CA on the hammer head click by a Yamaha Factory
Tech. At a convention some years ago. In any event *debonders* do exist for
CA glue.


At 11:07 AM 12/20/97, you wrote:
>At 12:15 AM 12/20/97 EST, you wrote:
>>What? List, I see that some of you are backing out of the notion that it
>might
>>be a good idea to use a drop of CA on a noisey hammer head.  Some of the
>>attributes of using it: it won't warp when it dries; it takes less than 20
>>seconds to bond; and it usually solves the problem, permanently.  I have seen
>>many repairs fail, only to start clicking again in a few years. Also, the guy
>>who is less than agile ends up twisting the flange pin loose, or worse
>>cracking the shank.(while removing the offending hammer head). Also, I resent
>>the fact that someone would condone creating more work just because they
>would
>>be paid more. 
>>Patrick Wethington RPT
>>Denver
>>Hi Patrick,
>             Do you have the right to mess up a perfectly good set of
>shanks and knuckles, should the hammers require replacement, A $500.00 bill
>to your customer down the road if unnessesary is a very expensive quick
>fix. Again good judgment is required. CA glue is not the panacea for all ills.
>Regards Roger. 
>>
>Roger Jolly
>University of Saskatchewan
>Dept. of Music.
>
>
Regards, Don Rose (drose@dlcwest.com)



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