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<div><font face="Arial" size="-4" color="#000000">>As I said, I
heat the shank at the hammer. The question I have is, where
do<br>
>you guys heat the shank? How far from the hammer?</font></div>
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<div>I heat with an alcohol lamp and wave the flame under the length
of the shank</div>
<div>while holding/rotating the hammer in the corrected direction
until the shank</div>
<div>heats up enough to feel it 'give'. Hold the hammer for a
few seconds longer</div>
<div>with no flame to set. I was instructed not to concentrate
the heat on one spot.</div>
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<div>This was the way I was shown 35 years ago and have done it ever
since.</div>
<div>Frank Kast from DC was my mentor as an apprentice in a rebuilding
shop.</div>
<div>Warping a twist in the wood with heat and holding it to
set.</div>
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<div>Usually anything which is off 2 degrees or more is reset rather
than burned-in.</div>
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Regards,<br>
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Jon Page</div>
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