Hammer sanding ,machne

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Carl -- David  I.
  After using many forms of electric sanding  devices I don't see how I can 
take a un -shaped set of new hammers &  effeciently design a  hammer shape with 
this tool. Perhaps that's not  what it's use is for. I currently use a small 
sand cat  belt sander  & more recently  a Makita hand held belt sander with a 
1 inch wide by  18" belt. It's a bit awkward & dont' recommend it for anything 
but gang  filing when shaping new  hammers held in a gang clampm  in  a vise 
with plenty of clearance.
  I do however use the makita on hung hammers  when trying to do huge amounts 
of shape redesign & felt removal  but I  just do the rough work with the 
tools & finish with 80 thru 400 grit paper.  Short of that the foredom works bset 
for this particular job as one can focus  all the attention to shape on one 
side then the other & lastly the  top.
  my guess is that Joe's tool is extremely  effective for the applications it 
was designed for such as upright actions....  Right Joe? Or splain it further 
to dense heads like me. Maybe I need  one
  Just my 2 cents.
  Dale

Carl, 
so it goes back and forth...how do you get a particular shape?    I'm think 
of a worn hammer where I want to bring the shoulders down and not  the top.  
How is that accomplished? 
David I. 
David, just push the sander fore and aft to sand only on side of the  hammer. 
 Press down to sand the top.  Rotate the sander and push  side to side to 
clear waste felt.  You need to do this since if you don't  the felt will clog the 
paper and stop working.  Fifty or sixty grit is  good for speedily removing 
felt.  For smaller hammers I usually squeeze  the blades with thumb and index 
finger to sand only the sides.   Remember that this tool is basically  roughing 
it in.  As Nick Gravagne said in a class "We're just shoveling  dirt".  Final 
shaping and squaring is done using standard paddles or your  favorite 
procedure. 
Carl Meyer PTG assoc
Santa Clara, Ca.





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