Joseph Garrett wrote: > Ron, > That's been my experience as well. Also, it helps if the shanks are > knurled properly. The purpose of knurling is to compress the wood, > slightly. When the water base hide glue hits it, it starts to expand. If > you have done the drilling and knurling correctly, there will be NO > failures, IMNSHO!<G> Ya almost have to use plastic explosives to remove > the hammer head(s)!<G> Hi Joe, I don't knurl them beyond what they are stock. I expect a process to meet me half way when I've gone to the effort to figure out how it works. Seems only fair. Otherwise, I need a different process. Ron N
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