Thinning hammer shanks,

[S. Brady]

Ed,
	I made the Spurlock jig for use with a router table. I got the
plans from a convention class handout a few years ago. It works very well
and is pretty simple to make: 8 small pieces of wood, two screws, and four
capstans.

Steve



On Mon, 1 Sep 1997 A440A@aol.com wrote:

> Greetings all,
>      For some time, I have been taking a file and reducing the wood on the
> last octave or so hammers.  Now,  all this talk about woody sounds and big
> hammer shanks have got me thinking -> Time to get my genius out and build a
> jig to cut hammershanks down.  But wait.......
>      Who out there has been doing this, and what have you found?  
> 
> Thanks, 
> Ed Foote
> ( probably going to re-invent a wheel here, but it will be a *good* wheel, I
> hope)
> 

Steve Brady, RPT		 
University of Washington
Seattle, WA