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<DIV><SPAN class=134492018-31032006><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000080
size=3>Wim,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=134492018-31032006><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000080
size=3>I use one of those long barbeque lighters, and wave it back and forth the
length of the shank. It spreads out the twisting action over a longer
area.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=134492018-31032006><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000080
size=3>Don Mannino</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>Wimblees@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 31, 2006 8:11
AM<BR><B>To:</B> caut@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [CAUT] hammer burning
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<DIV>Someone asked if I could do an experiment of my burning technique to see
if the hammer was moving or the shank. I've got a box full of old Steinway S
hammers glued to shanks, (They are not genuine Steinway parts), on which I did
the experiment. I scribed a line across the shank and the hammer, and using my
Weller heat gun, heated the hammer, and bent it off center, the way
I normally burn a hammer. Guess what. The hammer did not move. The
shank turned. So all this time I thought I was loosening the glue joint,
when I was in fact, I bening the wood.</DIV>
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<DIV>As I said, I heat the shank at the hammer. The question I have is,
where do you guys heat the shank? How far from the hammer?</DIV>
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<DIV>Wim </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>