<!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 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff background=""> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bob Davis: </FONT><FONT face=Arial = size=2>"Fixing the problem entails finding where the leverage differs. Individual = </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>variances are most often in the most highly = levered places, like the knuckle, </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>where very small = variations in either height or placement can affect the </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>leverage significantly."</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This is really good advise, thank you.</FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> <DIV><BR>>Did you get my earlier message about scooting hammer = flanges? <BR>Yes. . . but unfortunately I am dealing with the shaped-rail type, hence the multitude of irregularities.<BR><BR>>Isaac also = mentioned papering shank flanges forward/backward slightly. <BR>I tried this, and = it seemed to not to been extremly effective, but then again I may have been = going at the problem incorrectly; I'll need to try it again. I think that what = may complicate the matter of shimming the shank flange higher (front side) = or lower (rear side) is that by doing so you slightly change the location of the = knuckle. I put a straight edge on the very front edge of the flange and noticed = that there was really a straight line anywhere, but this could simply mean = that the wood surrounding the centerpin is not equal. Maybe instead I could shim = the shank flange to change the knuckle position, then shim the wippen flange = if there are any irregularities in the spread.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Bradley</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>