At 08:50 PM 3/6/99 -0500, you wrote: >At 02:33 AM 3/7/99 +0200, you wrote: >> >>> Swing=4 (actually 3.5+) >>> >>> So what does this mean?...danged if I know but there it is :-) >>> Jim Bryant (FL) >>> >>well a 3 swing is what I would want a new hammer or re-centered hammer to >>have, not the 5 you started with. >> >>Brian >> >I am currently trying to regulate a S$S M 1972 that plays hard (up65 dn24 >for example), and the friction seems to be from the hammers that swing 3 or >4 times only. I've polished capstans and b.r.pins, and tefloned the knucks >etc. I then did something for which I am fully prepared to endure the >flames, I used protek on a few sluggish hammers and increased the number of >swings by 2 or 3. Surprise! I don't know how long lasting or why, I am just >reporting the facts. It didn't seem to help decrease the downweight but did >increase the upweight. Am I hallucinating? Any helpful thoughts >appreciated. Or non-helpful but at least humorous. >Ken Jankura >Newburg,PA >See you in Pittsburg next week > > > Oops, I meant 65 grams downweight and 24 grams up, sorry
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