Horace, What I just tried now was filing from the top down which is totally backwards for me but it smoothed up the nap. I haven't used paddles in years...I may have to search my stuff ;-] It would seem that I wouldn't have much a hammer left if I started with a heavy grit...I wish I had an extra hammer to experiment on...I don't think I got an single extra hammer in the set. David I. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Horace Greeley" <hgreeley@stanford.edu> To: <caut@ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 5:52 PM Subject: Re: Kissin Review > > David, > > I would not start with strips. Best to start with sandpaper files/paddles > with fairly coarse grit, and work your way down to 220, or finer. Newer NY > hammers do not shape like anything else, with the possible exception of > Ronson. Techniques that work very well on hard(er) pressed hammers will > chew the NY hammer up, pulling odd chunks of felt out of the body of the > hammer, and making it hard to even things out. > > The general shape you are after is like what was published in the 1979 S&S > technical manual (the same pictures have been used in other editions, but > that one is the most clear as to what is wanted). I think that basic > techniques are discussed there, as well. > > Please give me a call, if you wish. > > Best. > > Horace > > > > > > At 05:42 PM 1/9/2001 -0800, you wrote: > >List, > > > >I have a set of new Steinway hammers I am in the midst of working with. My > >problem is with the filing. I had expected to square up the remove a little > >felt before juicing...I started with 220 strips and immediately the felt > >began to want to layer very roughly. The layers seem to want to go much > >deeper than my experience. They look awful on the few that I have > >started...I consider myself to be very good and hammer filing but this set > >of hammers is acting very strangely. Old Steinway hammers are a dream to > >file as the layers were thin and came off as expected. These layers seem to > >want to come off in thick layers...weird! Got any ideas? > >David I. > > ********************************************* > Horace Greeley, CNA, MCP, RPT > Systems Analyst/Engineer > Controller's Office, Stanford University > 651 Serra St., RM 100 > Stanford, CA 94305 > > Voice: 650.725.9062 > Fax: 650.725.8014 > ********************************************* > >
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