[CAUT] Down Weight Too High With New Hammers

[McCoy, Alan]

I do this gang style. I made some clamp blocks long enough for each section. Cut the felt long enough for each section and wide enough for the slot in the bottom of the wippen. Apply the glue quickly to each side of the felt and put it on the section of wippens. Put on the clamp block and use go bars lightly for a few minutes. I don't have pictures here at work of the clamp blocks, but they are easy to make. They are just a strip of hardwood maybe 3/4" thick, 1" wide and as long as the section of wippens with a shallow longitudinal cut-out the length of the strip so that the light clamping pressure of the go bars is applied only to the edges of the felt where the glue is. Then when the glue is hard, cut between the wippens with a felt knife. It is a fast job.

Alan




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From: Fred Sturm <fssturm at unm.edu>
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Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:47:37 -0700
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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:

On Sep 18, 2010, at 11:27 AM, Paul Milesi, RPT wrote:

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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