Hi all, I have these new shanks from WNG and ordered a set of Wally's naturals which they bored at exactly what WNG suggested was 0.185" or (4.7mm). shanks are 4.7mm and the same for the boring hole...so guess what- they won't go on the shank!. I talked to one of the folks at Brooks and he suggests reaming the hammer a bit to get some play between hammer and shank. More widened toward the shank end of the hammer hole than the back. these won't even slide on the shank, so I'll need to ream or re-bore. I'm leaning toward reaming as John at Brooks suggested this to make the hole closer to to same at the back of the boring hole with room for the glue at the front of the hole. He's tried several attacks, and WNG keeps changing the deck. I'm now very nervous of where to go, but need y'all's input on what you're finding. Now with the NEW SHANKS< NOT SCORED IN ANY WAY type. just smooth to the end. What have you all found to be the best solution to this? I'm not going forward until I hear some of your stories. These are the newest shanks with no roughing needed at the tail end of the shank. It sounds like this is still in developement with us to determine the right procedures, and I'm a bit nervous with a $400+ set of hammers...even with free shanks. I want to get it right the first time Thanks for more input. Paul -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100819/6b85b3bc/attachment.htm>
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