<HTML>In a message dated 10/1/03 3:58:02 PM Central Daylight= Time, ed440@mindspring.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Wim- Along with what Jeff is saying, check (feel) if the nap of the buckskin is<B= R> reversed, or if the backcheck head is slightly loose on the wire.  Also= check the bottom edge and corners of the hammer; just a slight touch with a sandpaper = file to remove a sharp corner might make it work.</BLOCKQUOTE> I am going to look at the wi= re, to make sure it is tight in the key. I will also look at the nap of the = buckskin. I have already sanded the bottom edge of the tail to remove the sh= arp edge. <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"> Are you making a laminated checklist of all these suggestions?   Y= ou could teach a class next year.   Or sell the list.  ;-)</BLOCKQUOTE>= I am saving all the suggesti= ons for future references. I don't know if I will have enough material to te= ach a full class, but maybe a mini class. As with all educational material, = the information will be free for the asking. :) Wim <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"> Ed Sutton </BLOCKQUOTE> </HTML>