At 11:38 AM 12/21/2000 -0600, you wrote: >Instead of straws, why not use the solution Susan Kline has offered - put >superglue on one side of the shank, white glue on the other, hold them >together for about five seconds, then let dry. Makes a fine, virtually >invisible, repair. >les bartlett >houston Actually, I don't use the glue trick or soda straws for mending hammer shanks. I take the time to remove the butt, extract or drill out the ends, and dry fit the hammer to a new shank. Once I can't tell which hammer was broken off, except that it's less dusty than its neighbors, I add white glue. I don't use crazy glue with the white glue here, because there's no urgency and the joint doesn't need clamping. I might try the glue trick if I had a grand shank break right before a concert, and couldn't find a spare which fit. Of course, I try not to get into that sort of jam. Susan
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