<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>