<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br></div><div>Before I repent in dust and ashes for using the NuckLJac, I would like to say that my experience with the</div><div>Nuckljack has been during rebuilds with new parts on refurbished hammer rails.</div><div>Quality parts have very uniform placement of the knuckles on the shanks.  With careful placement of the hammer flanges</div><div>on the rail, the positions of the knuckles is very uniform.</div><div>The NuckLJac helps me position the jacks under the knuckles more quickly and easily.  A quick visual check reveals</div><div>any jacks that need tweaking, and the end result is indeed correct.</div><div>  If one is trying to regulate an action with old, and less uniform parts, the NuckLJac will probably prove less useful.</div><div>The method Wim and others describe is my standard practice, but with new, quality parts, I find that the NuckLJac helps </div><div>move me along to the correct end result with less stress and strain.</div><div>Good day to all.</div><div>Claude Harding</div><div><br><div><div>On Jun 28, 2012, at 5:19 AM, Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Easier, yes. Correct, no.<div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div>Al -</div><div>High Point, NC</div><div><br></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div> <br><div><div>On Jun 27, 2012, at 2:11 PM, Claude Harding wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>I have a Nickljac.  Had it for years, didn't actually try it out until recently.  I found that it made the job easier for me.  I'm glad to have it.</div><div>Claude Harding<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Jun 27, 2012, at 11:42 AM, John Formsma <<a href="mailto:formsma@gmail.com">formsma@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>I actually bought one at a convention a few years ago. Never have used it. I seem to do fine with "eyeballing" things.<div><br></div><div>Should actually try it one of these days. Has a nice spot in the tools-that-I-bought-and-no-longer-use box. ;-D</div> <div><br></div><div>-- <br><div>John Formsma, RPT<br></div><div>Blue Mountain, MS</div><div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 8:14 AM, Nicholas Gravagne <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ngravagne@gmail.com" target="_blank">ngravagne@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">List,<br><br>Nuckljac -- anyone use this to set jacks to knuckles? Pianotek sell this tool for $29.95 <br><br><a href="http://www.pianoteksupply.com/product/2144/Nuckljac.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.pianoteksupply.com/product/2144/Nuckljac.aspx </a><br> <br>It is supposed to <font>"<span>simplify the task of aligning grand jacks. Simply adjust the jack until the small side wing of the tool meets the back of the adjacent knuckle core.</span>"<br><br>See in operation at YouTube <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiw-1EWyrAc" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiw-1EWyrAc</a><br> </font><br>In any case, interested is what others do to for efficient wholesale alignment of jacks to knuckle cores. Contact me privately if you wish.<br> <br>Thanks <br clear="all"><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>-- <br>Nick Gravagne, RPT<br>AST Mechanical Engineering<br> </font></span></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div><br> </div> </div></blockquote></div></div><br></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>