[CAUT] Hammer Alignment

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Spin them the other way <g>
Joe Goss RPT
Mother Goose Tools
imatunr at srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Ilvedson" <ilvey at sbcglobal.net>
To: <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 10:15 AM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Hammer Alignment


> Which way do you spin the hammers on?...possibly it is a left over kinetic
energy finally being released...;-]   Don't spin them on so fast...;-]
>
> David Ilvedson, RPT
> Pacifica, California
>
>
>
> ----- Original message ----------------------------------------
> From: "Jon Page" <jonpage at comcast.net>
> To: caut at ptg.org
> Received: 3/26/2006 5:02:15 AM
> Subject: [CAUT] Hammer Alignment
>
>
> >Is it just me or am I crazy but I've noticed a misalignment
> >of hammers after a year or two.  By this I mean that the
> >hammer has leaned towards the treble such that it requires
> >re-setting.  Angled too much for burn-in.
>
> >Could it be that the shanks develop a twist, warping
> >in a clockwise rotation as viewed from the front?
> >Gravitation whiplash from the rotation of the earth?
>
> >The travel is not the culprit. When installed, they were dead on.
> >I've noticed this developing more so on Renner shanks than Abel.
> >It's disconcerting to find your laborious efforts gone astray.
>
> >They're not bored off center. I can't recall ever finding
> >ones that leaned counter-clockwise.  Oddly enough,
> >the bass doesn't seem to exhibit this phenomenon.
>
> >A newish M needs most of the top two treble sections reset.
> >Yesterday I reset at least a dozen on an L which had new h/s/f
> >three years ago.
>
> >One could past it off as a poorly hung set
> >but I know that was not the case.
> >-- 
>
> >Regards,
>
> >Jon Page