[CAUT] hammer burning experiment

[Jim Busby]

Paul,

 

They have these new "windproof" lighters which always seem to burn the
wood. (Don't buy these) I've pulled the spring out of the tip, and that
seems to make them less like blow torches, but then sometimes they won't
work at all. The "refillable" lighters don't seem to work as well/long
as the $1.00 throwaway kind, although the cheap ones are sometimes just
that. Lastly, the "safety" trigger that some have are really annoying.
Find lighters w/o that dumb thing. (Some of our student helpers can't
seem to figure out how to work them... I use this as an IQ test to see
who we'll work with <G>)

 

I hope this will save you time "experimenting". 

 

Jim Busby BYU

 

Oh, and always carry a spare. (or 2)

 

 

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From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of
Paul Williams RPT
Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 1:39 AM
To: ilvey at sbcglobal.net; College and University Technicians
Subject: Re: [CAUT] hammer burning experiment

 

what a great idea.  I never thought of a long fire lighter.  I have just
used the bic of equal and then cleaned it up if marked with some steel
wool or sand paper.  Thanks for the tip.  Paul T. Williams RPT
pno2nr at whidbey.com 

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	From: David Ilvedson <mailto:ilvey at sbcglobal.net>  

	To: caut at ptg.org 

	Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 8:38 PM

	Subject: Re: [CAUT] hammer burning experiment

	 

	
	That's what I use and how I use it...I have no problems with
blacken shanks...it doesn't take much...
	
	David Ilvedson, RPT
	Pacifica, California
	
	
	

	
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	Original message
	From: "Don Mannino" 
	To: "College and University Technicians" 
	Received: 3/31/2006 10:22:25 AM
	Subject: Re: [CAUT] hammer burning experiment

	Wim,

	 

	I use one of those long barbeque lighters, and wave it back and
forth the length of the shank.  It spreads out the twisting action over
a longer area.

	 

	Don Mannino

		-----Original Message-----
		From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org]
On Behalf Of Wimblees at aol.com
		Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 8:11 AM
		To: caut at ptg.org
		Subject: [CAUT] hammer burning experiment

		Someone asked if I could do an experiment of my burning
technique to see if the hammer was moving or the shank. I've got a box
full of old Steinway S hammers glued to shanks, (They are not genuine
Steinway parts), on which I did the experiment. I scribed a line across
the shank and the hammer, and using my Weller heat gun, heated the
hammer, and bent it off center, the way I normally burn a hammer. Guess
what. The hammer did not move. The shank turned. So all this time I
thought I was loosening the glue joint, when I was in fact, I bening the
wood.

		 

		As I said, I heat the shank at the hammer. The question
I have is, where do you guys heat the shank? How far from the hammer?

		 

		Wim  

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