Rock Maple Hammer Cores

[Richard Brekne]

Delwin D Fandrich wrote:
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While I agree very much with all this post had to say... does this not 
imply that softer woods, not tolerating such high densities and 
pressures, are more likely hammers that are not over hard and over dense ?

Seems to me that if one is looking for a softer hammer... its a good bet 
that you will find one on a core that simply does not tolerate extremes 
in the other direction... or what ?

Cheers
RicB

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>Blaming the species of wood used in the hammer molding for the mass, density
>and character of the felt is a bit like blaming the horse for the
>uncomfortable saddle. Dense, hard-pressed hammers get that way because of
>the characteristics of the felt coupled with the heat and pressure of the
>press, not because of the species of wood used in the moldings. Woods like
>hornbeam or maple are required in these hammers only because they are strong
>enough to stand up to the physical abuse the moldings are subjected to
>during the press cycle. They have little or nothing to do with the aural
>abuse we are subjected to by the hammers made this way.
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