[CAUT] Down Weight Too High With New Hammers

[Zeno Wood]

How about the inner felt layer, is that just pressed in or glued on too?

Thanks,
Zeno Wood

On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 5:00 PM, <reggaepass at aol.com> wrote:

> Fred,
>
> I don't clamp - that's why I use hot hide.
>
> Just to be sure, we are talking about hot hide glue here, not glue from a
> hot glue gun?
>
>  Thanks,
>
>  Alan Eder
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fred Sturm <fssturm at unm.edu>
> To: caut at ptg.org
> Sent: Mon, Sep 20, 2010 12:47 pm
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Down Weight Too High With New Hammers
>
>  I don't clamp - that's why I use hot hide. Apply glue to both ends of the
> felt, press in place, do the next. Every few, go back over the last ones you
> did and press firmly again. Clamping would be very troublesome.
> Fred
>  On Sep 20, 2010, at 12:30 PM, Zeno Wood wrote:
>
> Fred - What's your method for clamping the new felt?
>
> Thanks,
> Zeno Wood
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Fred Sturm <fssturm at unm.edu> wrote:
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>>   On Sep 18, 2010, at 11:27 AM, Paul Milesi, RPT wrote:
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>> If I can’t get new repetitions, is it worth trying to bolster cushions or
>> can they be easily replaced?
>>
>>
>>  I prefer replacement of felt to bolstering. Turn the stack upside down,
>> saturate the felt with an acetic acid solution (a little wallpaper remover
>> or alcohol helps it soak right in, and heating the solution a bit speeds up
>> the process). Pull felt off when it is nice and loose, replace using hot
>> hide glue. Precut felt to size in a mass production manner (strip to width,
>> then cut to length; or, if you have strips that are as wide as the length
>> you need, just slice to width). Use a rotary cutter on a mat, a straight
>> edge with mild sandpaper glued to one side to hold it firmly.
>>  Learning this kind of technique is well worth while in the long run, as
>> it has plenty of applications.
>>    Regards,
>> Fred Sturm
>> fssturm at unm.edu
>> http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/FredSturm
>>
>>
>
>    Regards,
> Fred Sturm
> University of New Mexico
> fssturm at unm.edu
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