At 09:03 -0400 11/7/10, Jon Page wrote: >I've made my own jigs or shooting blocks. One thing you'll need is a carbide >tipped blade or a hollow ground blade so the body of the blade does not >scorch the side of the hammer. I've always done it with a plane. Eight or nine pulls for each side, and you can taper right from the point of the moulding without discolouring the felt. No noise, no mess, and a fine silky finish. JD -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100711/6e87a7dd/attachment-0001.htm> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: tapering.jpg Type: application/octet-stream Size: 121585 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100711/6e87a7dd/attachment-0001.obj>
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