<!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 6.00.2900.2180" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Terry,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I tried the router-shaper thing a few = times on extremely grooved hammers.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I don't like this solution very much = because I had the impression the machine is heating the felt very much, resulting an = awful tone,real harsh with a lot of voicing work to do after the shaping = machine operation.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Of course it is fast, but the other = problem is you have to get the habit of using it, because I saw some hammers shaped = with this shaper by someone who never did this kind of work before, and it was a = total disaster.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The hammer set was totally ruined, with = not enough felt left, and an awful hammer shape.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What is your experience with it? = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Quentin</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>