[CAUT] hammer thickness trimming jig

[Tim Coates]

Of all the suggestions I've seen so far, Ed Foote's is the best and  
what I would do.  I don't think there is a need to send them back.   
Want to buy my Sanding Disc Ron Nossman suggests  (tried several  
times and doesn't work as advertised)?  Once tried to build the two  
motor disc set up but would cost way too much.  Ed Foote has it  
right.  I would also suggest using a micrometer to check consistency  
of thickness as you trim each side.

Tim Coates


On Aug 24, 2008, at 10:48 AM, Greg Newell wrote:

> Greetings kind folk,
> 	I’m hoping that someone out there in cyber land can help me today. I
> have the task of thickness trimming on some prehung hammers from  
> S&S. The
> hammers came too thick for the vintage grand I’m working on as  
> there is not
> sufficient clearance to allow reliable individual hammer movement.
> Ordinarily I would do this before hanging hammers but since these are
> pre-hung …. well I’m a bit stuck. Does anyone know of a jig that  
> could be
> built that would accommodate trimming with the shanks on? The  
> archives seem
> to point to something from Roger Jolly but the posts I read were not
> conclusive that one exists. Help?!?
>
> Greg Newell
> Greg's Piano Forté
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