Hammer tapering Jig (just for Jim B)

[Stan Kroeker]

Friends,

I hope Roger Jolly doesn't mind me letting the cat out of the bag.  He
has such a jig which tapers hammers on shank.  I constructed the
mirror-image pair (one for shanks left and one for shanks right) from
his precise engineer's drawings and use them regularly for tapering
hammers, off or on shank.

Best regards,

Stan Kroeker
Registered Piano Technician

Newton Hunt wrote:
> 
> I have been thinking about such a jig, my heart began to sing because I wouldn't
> have to since you already had one working. ($#E^%TY(*Q#$%**TI(*Y#Q$
> 
> So my thinking is along the lines of a router table, a hammer held in place with
> a cam, the shank toward the outside, two locations, taper one move it to the
> second position while a new one is placed in position two.  Router works through
> a cutout to limit movement (to prevent shank damage) with adjustable screws ala
> Spurlock.  I tried a jig years ago using a power planer, didn't work, just
> chewed up hammers.
> 
> ANyone want to take a whack at something like this?
> 
>                 Newton