treble hammer quandary

Thomas Seay t.seay@mail.utexas.edu
Wed, 11 Aug 2004 08:34:01 -0500


Jon,

Do you have the time or inclination to send the set back for 
replacement? I would be concerned that the hammers, after shaping, 
boring and tapering, might change again, with disasterous results.

Good luck,

Tom

>Here's a photo of the top hammer of a set of Ronsen Wurzen felt hammers.
>The molding is warped slightly which diminishes through the entire 
>top section.
>The last/f(irst to me) set had not so many warped but there were 
>enough extras to eliminate them.
>(92 count as opposed to 90)
>
>I'm inclined to drill perpendicular to the line and install the head 
>with the bulk towards the rear
>thereby removing more material in the tail arcing procedure for 
>maximum weight reduction.
>I may or may not use a Forstner bit to cut in a cove depending on 
>weight but it really removes
>so little as to probably be not with the effort.
>
>Just wanted to bounce this off y'all,
>
>Jon Page
>
>
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