back check

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On 17-aug-04, at 18:08, Stephen Birkett wrote:

> Andre again:
>> I got out my Japanese tool to change the height of the back checks 
>> and I started twisting and turning the back checks to the desired 
>> height.
>
> This sounds like: a simple change in height only. Is it certain that 
> that special tool doesn't affect anything else, even accidentally, 
> like the angle of the wire? What is the effect of screwing the 
> backcheck, on the final resting checked height of the hammer, as 
> compared to the backchecking position of the original "incorrect" 
> arrangement?

There is no special effect nor damage when we readjust the height of 
the back checks, unless we don't use the proper tool.
The only thing one needs to do afterwards is adjust the checking itself 
(in relation to the neighboring back checks)

friendly greetings
from
André Oorebeek

Amsterdam -
The Netherlands

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