Jon, Compared to correcting rock hard hammers with steaming the heads/shoulders...not happy with steaming? Dan On Nov 17, 2008, at 2:32 PM, Jon Page wrote: > 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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