<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; cha= rset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV>I used to saw off the ends of shanks with a Dremel saw. But Dremel disc= ontinued making them. (I guess too many people trying to stop the saw with t= heir fingers, and suing Dremel because it cut off their fingers.)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>For a while I was taking the hammers and shanks off, and trimming the t= ails with a band saw. But lately I've been using a Heavy Duty Cutt-Off Wheel= , no. 420 from Dremel. I just did a set,  and it worked OK, except that= it burns the wood, which creates a bad smell, and I used 6 wheels= . </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Does anyone else have a way to trim the tails, other than using a band = saw?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"= >Willem Blees, RPT<BR>Piano tuner/technician<BR>School of Music<BR>Universit= y of Alabama<BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>