In a message dated Tue, 14 May 2002 7:56:56 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Newton Hunt <nhunt@optonline.net> writes: >Hi David, > >> With a mounted hammer the only way to control weight is to take equal >> amounts off each side to keep the shank centered. > >How many times have you seen bore holes perfectly centered in the molding? > >Look carefully at the next action you pull. > >As for the first part of you sentence, the exercise is to LEAVE the proper >amount of hammer to control weight. > > Newton Agreed, but I don't care for off centered bores and would not exacerbate the problem while tapering so I drill my own hammers and they are very accurate. I don't understand, taking off equal amounts is in fact an exercise in leaving the proper amount of hammer for weight control. David Koelzer DFW
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