How to remove PVA glued hammers. ( With electric shank pliers. )

[gordon stelter]

     Also heating them ( the shanks by the joint ) up.
 PVA softens with heat:  just not as easily as hide
glue. ( Gee, I wish somebody'd come up with something
that works just like hide glue, but wasn't made of
killed animals, or stinks so much !!!  ) 
     Speaking of which : I used to do this easily with
the electric shank-twisting pliers that Pianotek sold
( for, like, $250 ) but the elements burned out.
Anyone know how/where to get replacements ???? ) 
    I might try to make some by buying a Schaff pair,
then flattening out the cauls ( so they aren't curved
) but this other pair is just so slick looking that I
hate to  throw them in the scrap-metal bucket !!! ) 
     I think they're only German professional hair
curling irons, modified, but don't speak German and
can't, therefore, write the manufacturer. ( Whose name
is on the elements, in teeny, tiny letters. ) 

--- Jon Page <jonpage at comcast.net> wrote:

> These hammers are understriking and need to be
> 'squared-up'
> but squeezing them with extraction pliers took feats
> of strength.
> 
> Supporting the pliers on a hard surface while
> tapping with a mallet
> to break the glue joint allows for easy removal.
> -- 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jon Page


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