Jon, I was joking about the turning on of the hammers...others apparently weren't...I am having seconds thoughts about hot hide glue as I'm continually running into new work with loose/clicking hammers. David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, California ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Jon Page" <jonpage at comcast.net> To: caut at ptg.org Received: 3/27/2006 3:52:35 AM Subject: [CAUT] Hammer Alignment >I stopped using hot hide glue a few years ago, too high of a failure rate. >Even when mixing with distilled water. I've been using Bolduc. >I only spin one or two rotations and 'rock' it into position. I don't have >the good fortune of hitting alignment first off, so there is some back >and forth rotating of the hammer so that should relieve the 'imparted >torsional forces'. >Also, why doesn't the bass section twist. It's mostly the top two treble >sections and with a few in the tenor. Misalignment doesn't occur within >the first days weeks or months. >-- >Regards, >Jon Page
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