[CAUT] gorilla glue

[Porritt, David]

Conrad:

That sounds a lot like the way I remove hammers from shanks except I don't have the 9-foot diagonal cutters.  Are they a little awkward to handle?  ☺

dp

David M. Porritt
dporritt at smu.edu

-----Original Message-----
From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Conrad Hoffsommer
Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 10:02 AM
To: College and University Technicians
Subject: Re: [CAUT] gorilla glue

At 07:25 AM 11/9/2006 -0800, you wrote:
>If the shanks split, they're toast, but with the right kind of shears
>you can often split the hammer on either side of the shank & nibble
>around the circumference.  Never really tried it with gorilla glue, but
>worked for really stubborn other stuff.  Sometimes an initial crunch
>fore & aft will loosen the end grain of the hammer moulding a bit to
>minimize the tendencey to split the shank.
>
>Otto

Yup.

I use a 9' diagonal cutter to split hammer moldings, and many times the 
hammer will just pop off.  I usually do my first cut tangent to the shank, 
rather than the center of the molding/shank. What remains (glue collar, 
etc.) I deal with by chucking the hammer shank reducer, with reducing 
collar out at widest, in my cordless drill (i.e. slow speed).  You have to 
make sure you are holding the other end of the shank tightly or you can 
break the flange - or at least lessen friction. DAMHIK.

Hide glue will just pop off, Elmers has to be gnawed. Haven't had to deal 
with Gorilla, yet.




Conrad Hoffsommer - Keyboard Technician
Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045
1-(563)-387-1204 // Fax 1-(563)-387-1076

- Right now, I'm hoping to live until my age matches my golf score,
- Until then, I'll have to be content to have my IQ match my handicap.