Hi Gordon, Just out of curiosity, if you were going that way, why didn't you just replace the knuckles by themselves? Not a great lot of fun either, but more than what you said you did! :-) Avery At 04:45 PM 07/10/03 -0500, you wrote: >Now you tell me. I just finished putting new buckskin on 88 Kimball >style knuckles, for an old Farrand Grand. And that wasn't any fun >either. The sheet of buckskin had a variance in thickness enough to >make some of the knuckles big fat and ugly. Ended up replacing the >first buckskin on 2 dozen knuckles with a second try. >Joe Garrett tells me that he has a method of leveling out the >thickness of the sheet, don't have the details on the process. >I do know one thing, I'll never replace buckskin on knuckles again, >I'll replace the shanks/knuckles and new hammers. Yes, I know there >is somewhat a difference in the costs between the two. >I spent more time on it and I'm still not satisfied with the results. > The new knuckles made the regulation a nightmare. >Another vodka tonic please. >Regards, Gordon Holley >Associate Member, Indiana Chapter 467 >Goshen, Indiana >On 10 Jul 2003 at 14:34, Isaac OLEG wrote: > > > Dear friends, > > > > > > I can resist giving you the little tip there. > > > > For the ones that regularely glue new leather on backchecks, new felt > > on whippens, may be new leather or knuckles/roller sometime, the > > magician trick is to use a drop of water on the felt/leather, so you > > can glue easely with a little tension, then when the glue sets and the > > part get dry the tensionning became perfect. > > > > I will offer soon little bottles of that water for a very reasonnable > > price. > > > > More than useful, an old method rediscovered ! > > > > Greetings. > > > > > > Isaac OLEG
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