<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Spindle sander</title></head><body> <div><font face="Arial" size="-4" color="#000000">>My only concern would be that the extra motion from the oscillations would<br> >cause the hammer(s) to move too much in the process.  How would they be</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="-4" color="#000000">>held?  Do you do them each individually?  How are they held?<br> >jeannie</font></div> <div><br></div> <div>The shanks are off the rail during the reconditioning process to be repinned, filed, tapered,</div> <div>tail arc'd and weight graduated. The rail sandpaper is replaced from a roll available from</div> <div>Klingspor; www.woodworkingshop.com; 220 grit for flat rails and fine emery cloth for</div> <div>tubular action rails.</div> <div><br></div> <div>I usually file at the drill press with a 1' drum sander. I have two elevated surfaces to place the hammer for filing, one angled for previously tapered hammers and one for hammers with</div> <div>parallel sides. They're about 2" high to accommodate the rake of the bore.</div> <div><br></div> <div>A reshaping takes about 45 minutes, even for really flat hammers. Sometimes</div> <div>a second filing with a fine paper drum puts a nice finish on them. Hammers which</div> <div>are not too grooved can be reshaped with the fine drum.</div> <div><br></div> <div>I was just wondering if the oscillation of the spindle would cause ragged edges.</div> <x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep> <div><br> Regards,<br> <br> Jon Page</div> </body> </html>