Ratio Question

Richard Brekne Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no
Tue, 07 Jan 2003 09:06:18 +0100


Yea that works well enough as long as your new cut is good. I like to
pull the whole knuckle out, exand the grove appropriately wide, and shim
by the distance I'm going to move the knuckle, and then glue the
knuckle. 

RicB

David Love wrote:
> 
> Typically, the procedure involves cutting off the old knuckle leaving the
> core in the shank.  That gives you a solid piece of would in which you can
> cut a new notch.  In the past I used a jig and a router which I found
> drifted a bit too much.  Now, when I need to do this job, I cut the notch
> with a band saw using the old core as a reference.
> 
> David Love
> 
> 
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