looking to replace my upright...

[J Patrick Draine]

On Sunday, July 20, 2003, at 03:50  AM, Stephen Airy wrote:

> I did a little bit of thinking the last couple days on this subject.  
> I'm
> thinking that maybe I should use my current upright to learn how to 
> hang
> hammers and regulate an action  (and maybe also replace whippens, 
> hammer
> butts, or a few other things, but I haven't decided yet).

Yep, stop thinking so much! Get yourself a good set of hammers, butts, 
and shanks, and get to work. Perhaps you should buy or borrow a hammer 
hanging jig, and certainly read relevant articles on the procedure 
(such as the one in Don Valley's series of articles "Behold the 
Upright!").

Patrick