Hammer tapering Jig (just for Jim B)

[Greg Newell]

Pictures please!?!

Greg

At 09:35 PM 5/13/2002, you wrote:
>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

Greg Newell
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