<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16609" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I weigh the shanks on the Stanwood strikeweight rig, as levers, not dead weight.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The hammer heads are weighed "dead weight" on the gram scale, separate from the shanks.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(Also, I prepare all 90 or 92 hammers in the package, so I have some extra hammers to choose from in the 90 degree bore angle section.)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I don't know which method is faster. I like playing with my computer, and I like drilling and gluing wood, so it doesn't matter that much to me. I might do it another way next time.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Meanwhile, I just read that in the Grotrian factory they sort to put the low-pitched shanks at the top. Better for the tone that way. It was in print, so it must be true.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ed Sutton</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=keithspiano@gmail.com href="mailto:keithspiano@gmail.com">Keith Roberts</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">College and University Technicians</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, February 16, 2008 9:07 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] Shank to Hammer weight spreadsheet</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>My question is, if you are weighing the whole shank and flange, how do you know the distribution of the difference in weight? If 90% of the weight difference is from the knuckle through the flange, the SW wouldn't change much and so the presumed evening out of the weights is not there. The distribution of the mass could vary from shank to shank at all the different weights.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I like the idea of listening to the sound of the shanks. A thinner light shank should produce a higher sound. Very quick too. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Keith Roberts<BR><BR></DIV> <DIV class=gmail_quote>On Feb 16, 2008 5:48 PM, Jon Page <<A href="mailto:jonpage@comcast.net">jonpage@comcast.net</A>> wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000>  It takes too long.  Just dry fit the hammers to the shanks</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000>right after you've tapered them with the table saw</FONT> ...</BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>I don't think you get the idea. Mating a shank's SW with a</DIV> <DIV>hammer weight will require less hammer mass alteration</DIV> <DIV>to achieve a smooth SW curve.</DIV><PRE>-- </PRE> <DIV><BR>Regards,<BR><BR>Jon Page</DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>