How to remove PVA glued hammers. ( With electric shank pliers. )

[Joe And Penny Goss]

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Joe Goss RPT
Mother Goose Tools
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp at yahoo.com>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 7:44 PM
Subject: Re: How to remove PVA glued hammers. ( With electric shank
pliers. )


>      Also heating them ( the shanks by the joint ) up.
>  PVA softens with heat:  just not as easily as hide
> glue. ( Gee, I wish somebody'd come up with something
> that works just like hide glue, but wasn't made of
> killed animals, or stinks so much !!!  )
>      Speaking of which : I used to do this easily with
> the electric shank-twisting pliers that Pianotek sold
> ( for, like, $250 ) but the elements burned out.
> Anyone know how/where to get replacements ???? )
>     I might try to make some by buying a Schaff pair,
> then flattening out the cauls ( so they aren't curved
> ) but this other pair is just so slick looking that I
> hate to  throw them in the scrap-metal bucket !!! )
>      I think they're only German professional hair
> curling irons, modified, but don't speak German and
> can't, therefore, write the manufacturer. ( Whose name
> is on the elements, in teeny, tiny letters. )
>
> --- Jon Page <jonpage at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > These hammers are understriking and need to be
> > 'squared-up'
> > but squeezing them with extraction pliers took feats
> > of strength.
> >
> > Supporting the pliers on a hard surface while
> > tapping with a mallet
> > to break the glue joint allows for easy removal.
> > -- 
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jon Page
>
>
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