Hammer weighting...Was Arbor Press

[Ric Brekne]

Good point Mark.

I also start at the tail with similiar thinking in mind. Again... I have no hard data to show there is any real need to do this... but intuition tells me that this perhaps is a good idea and it certainly doesnt hurt or cost me any more time.  The insertion of lead most certainly affects the hammer assemblys center of gravity. Strikes me as not a bad idea to take this into consideration when inserting lead. Both with regard to centering widthwise and position lengthwise.

Cheers
RicB

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Hi, Ric and David and all.

I missed the earlier discussion a couple years ago, but I've had a 
thought which might pertain to this. I think it might be good to 
position the weight in the tail of the hammer _below_ the shank when 
possible, as opposed to in the molding above the shank. The reason is 
that this way, the shank is pulling the weight behind it, instead of 
pushing it ahead. If you think of the phrase, "You can't push a rope," 
it might help illustrate, albeit imperfectly. Or if you balance a broom 
stick on your palm, you have to be very accurate about keeping your palm 
directly under the broomstick, if you try to accelerate it upward. But 
if you hang the weight below (or behind) the motivating force, it just 
trails along behind like a good little caboose. I think (just guessing, 
really) this would have a calming effect on the hammer's behavior, 
possibly more so than finessing where relative to the center line the 
weight is exactly (when it's above the shank, that is). Do you have any 
thoughts on this?

-Mark Schecter