[pianotech] Re Hammer Removal

[John Ross]

My mind isn't working today. 
Off course I use side cutters to remove the old hammers, if I am not going to use them again.
This system works best to replace a broken shank, by removing the broken part from the hammer and butt.
John Ross 
Windsor, Nova Scotia.
On 2012-10-28, at 2:00 PM, John Ross <jrpiano at bellaliant.net> wrote:

> 
> I took another look at the hair straightener.
> I removed the pivot pin, and installed a thinner diameter one, which has enough play in it to allow the jaws to be parallel.
> Whoever thought of using this, it works great. Although rather than using pliers to grasp the shank, I just use a normal removal tool.
> I was using a heat gun, but it was too hard to control the heat, and I wood sometimes blacken the shank.
> The hair straightener, since they don't want to burn hair, seems to be the right heat to soften the glue.
> John Ross
> Windsor, Nova Scotia.


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