That sounds like years of needling...same thing happened to me when I tried steaming... David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Jon Page" <jonpage at comcast.net> To: caut at ptg.org Received: 11/17/2008 12:32:22 PM Subject: [CAUT] VS Profelt >I pulled the action on the Weber which had rock hard hammers on which >I saturated the shoulders. It expanded the hammer and tore the surface >on the area either side of the crown either side of the bass/tenor break. >I am aggressively filing them to get a good strike surface, it really showed >up the lack of even layering in the process, the hammers are now a little >lop-sided. Could it be that all that stiffener helped to shape the hammer >due to its lack of better construction by binding the layers? >Or maybe the tears came about by aggressive needling either side >of the crown while it was in its stiffened condition. In either case, >I wouldn't try more than a scant amount in the string cut in the future. >Back to filing... >-- >Regards, >Jon Page >PS The S&S B with VSP lightly on the strike surface is no worse for the wear.
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