[CAUT] Question re-asked.... (Paul T Williams)

Tue Sep 7 15:07:02 MDT 2010

Thanks Kevin!

Here's some more advise....wear safety glasses, (of course out of habit) 
but also a dust mask.  That carbon fiber is nasty crap and you don't want 
to breath it in....it still get's up your nose and you blow yucky black 
stuff out, so you should spit a few times as well.  The dust is so fine.

Do you have this "newest" glue they're sending?  It's also very nasty 
sniffing (worse than model glue and acetone combined!), so a mask is also 
in order. Make sure you have ample "wiggle" room between hammer and shank 
because it sets up so very quickly.  By what I've discovered on this first 
set, is, heat is only good for "burning in" hammer shanks to get a good 90 
degrees up and down ONLY. 

The nice thing is that you actually "feel" the shank giving way for 
bending and the cooling time is slow enough to actually give you some time 
to get the right angle.  In and out just doesn't work, so make sure your 
hanging jig is absolutely right on for the right hammer to flange 
distance/hammer line. 

I only covered the bottom of the felt with painter's tape when sawing off 
excess shanks, but that still wasn't enough as the dust "floats" around, 
being so light and such while I sawed off the end-shanks. I further 
covered the hammers while getting the remaining stuffs flush with the 
tails also using a Drummel tool with a sanding attachment. Then vacuumed 
the ends of the hammers to get rid of any further black stuff so no to 
stain the backchecks.

I'm still longing for other CAUT's hanging experiences!!

Best,
Paul

From:
"Fortenberry, Kevin" <kevin.fortenberry at ttu.edu>
To:
"caut at ptg.org" <caut at ptg.org>
Date:
09/07/2010 03:26 PM
Subject:
Re: [CAUT] Question re-asked.... (Paul T Williams)

Paul,  That white residue just seems to happen with super glue products 
and plastic. Although I am not sure of the exact cause, I am pretty sure 
it will not cause any problems. (Perhaps Dryburgh adhesives could shed 
some light).  As far as the black dust on the hammers, I would suggest 
covering the hammers with something (like an old sheet or scrap piece of 
muslin) before going to town on hammer shanks with a power tool. Also a 
good idea if you ever use a Dremmel to roughen hammer tails, etc. Thanks 
for the "heads up" as I have my first set of WNG shanks just waiting to be 
installed. 

Best, Kevin Fortenberry, Texas Tech University

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Hi All. 

I asked a question a couple weeks ago, but maybe nobody received it. 

After gluing on the new hammers on the new WNG shanks with their newest 
glue, I got this strange white residue all over the shanks and collars . 
It cleans off easily enough with some 0000 steel wool, but; What is it???. 

Also when sawing off the shank ends, it really makes a mess of fine black 
powder all over the place, most visual on the hammer felt. vacuuming 
cleaned off most of it, but now the hammers look "dirty".  I used a 
dremmel tool with a fine-cut- cutting blade.

Am I doing something wrong, or is this the norm?

Thanks in advance for your most humble thoughts.

Paul
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