teflon thingee test

[Ken Jankura]

At 08:50 PM 3/6/99 -0500, you wrote:
>At 02:33 AM 3/7/99 +0200, you wrote:
>>
>>> Swing=4 (actually 3.5+)
>>> 
>>>  So what does this mean?...danged if I know but there it is :-)
>>> Jim Bryant (FL)
>>> 
>>well a 3  swing is what I would want a new hammer or re-centered hammer to
>>have, not the 5 you started with.
>>
>>Brian
>>
>I am currently trying to regulate a S$S M 1972 that plays hard (up65 dn24
>for example), and the friction seems to be from the hammers that swing 3 or
>4 times only. I've polished capstans and b.r.pins, and tefloned the knucks
>etc. I then did something for which I am fully prepared to endure the
>flames, I used protek on a few sluggish hammers and increased the number of
>swings by 2 or 3. Surprise! I don't know how long lasting or why, I am just
>reporting the facts. It didn't seem to help decrease the downweight but did
>increase the upweight. Am I hallucinating? Any helpful thoughts
>appreciated. Or non-helpful but at least humorous.  
>Ken Jankura
>Newburg,PA
>See you in Pittsburg next week
> 
> 
>
Oops, I meant 65 grams downweight and 24 grams up, sorry