S & S capo

[Richard Moody]

Seems like it would be easier to machine a groove and put in a steel rod. 
Also seems like this or case hardening would be done at the factories if
the factories thought it was really worth it.  Maybe the key word is
"worth".  I thought someone was going to make a device that would re-round
or re-machine the cap bar. What ever became of that? Is there a capo bar
in existance that does not have grooves or pits in it from the wires? So
this has been a problem ever since day one of the first c bar.
Richard Moody  

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> From: fred s sturm <fssturm@unm.edu>
> To: caut@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: S & S capo
> Date: Friday, February 26, 1999 11:52 AM
> 
> Horace wrote about the proper treatment being to "case harden" the capo.
I
> remember reading about this possibility about 15 years ago in the PTJ
> (Krefting was editing then), but haven't been able to locate the article
> in years since. Maybe it was in the one or two issues I've misplaced.
> Anyway, can anyone shed light on this? What is involved? (I seem to
> remember removal of plate, and use of some sort of torch, with precise
> temperature control being mandatory, or the whole effort was not only
> wasted, but matters were made worse). Anyone doing this? Experiences?
> 
> Fred S. Sturm, RPT
> University of New Mexico
>