<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2719.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=rogerio.cunha@terra.com.br href="mailto:rogerio.cunha@terra.com.br">Rogerio Cunha</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech Mensagem</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 24, = 2002 3:38 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> HELP</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To the list</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>After to use the Spurlock's Grand = Hammer Tail Arcing Jig, the tail of the hammer becomes very smooth and this makes difficult the backcheck. There no difference if you use sandpaper = 60 or 120 to do the arc. The tail always is smooth.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What is the best and easy way in = order to scrape the tail?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks to all</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rogerio Cunha<BR>IC Member of The = Piano Technicians Guild<BR>Rio de Janeiro - Brasil<BR><A = href="http://planeta.terra.com.br/arte/dacapo/">http://planeta.terra.co= m.br/arte/dacapo/</A><BR><A = href="http://www.perfectpitch.hpg.ig.com.br">http://www.perfectpitch.hp= g.ig.com.br</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rogerio</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It sounds to me that your sander is = running too fast thus giving you the smooth surface.  If you can run it slow = or even by hand, you can re-sand the tails using the jig to hold them, and get = them rough without removing much material.  Good luck</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Paul = Chick</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>