Cradling

[Roger Jolly]

Hi Bill,
              In the shop, I use a small vice with the jaws covered in 
leather.  ( No stress on centre pin to speak of.) Grip the balancier post 
just below the centre pin and twist with the lower wippen arm, apply the 
CA.  You can watch and see the jack centering, as you do it.  PS you need 
to over centre a little.
Regards Roger

At 07:58 PM 3/30/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>At 10:53 AM -0600 3/30/03, Roger Jolly wrote:
>>This sounds like a labour of love,  Or hate.  <G>
>
>Both actually, and when self-inflicted the term is masochism.
>
>>You don't have to move the post very much to get that 1/16" movement
>>at the tip of the balancier,
>>I rarely have to bend pins any more.
>
>It sounds like a great idea, but I haven't been able to get it to work for me.
>
>>One omission from the previous post, I put the CA glue on the end
>>grain of the joint, at the bottom of the post yoke,
>
>As I understand your nomenclature, that's where the post comes down on top 
>of the rep body. Do I gather that what happens is that, as you twist the 
>post, the joint opens up, and as you apply CA glue, it seeps into whatever 
>opening there is, becomes solid by solvent evaporation, and when solid has 
>re-oriented the post? Do you need to soften the glue (vinegar) and "crack" 
>the joint open, before twisting and CA'ing?  I've got the rep body in a 
>machinist vice (the jaws well clear of the post yoke) and am twisting with 
>a wrench as low down as possible to make sure I'm not loosing torsion in 
>the twisting of the upper portion of the post.
>
>Also the way you do it, is the rep still on the rail (the hammer rails is 
>out of the way for other work)? I'd bet not.
>
>Thanks for the nifty idea. My page 5 of the manual didn't come out too 
>clearly.
>
>Bill Ballard RPT
>NH Chapter, P.T.G.
>
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