Electric Shank Bender

[gordon stelter]

These are great. But you need the rheostst to control
the heat.
    Thump

--- Dave Nereson <davner@kaosol.net> wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Richard Day" <pianotoone@hotmail.com>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 1:02 PM
> Subject: Electric Shank Bender
> 
> 
> > Never have used these.  Butr it seems they would
> burn the shank.  Do you put 
> > water on the shank.
> > What is the technique for using these pliers or
> the ones you heat up with a 
> > torch
> > Or how do the rest of you bend warped hammer
> shanks (w/o the bending pliers)
> > Thanks
> > Dick Day
> > Marshall MI
> > pianotech list info:
> https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
> 
>     I prefer to use a heat gun.  Usually they come
> with "nozzles", or extensions that curl around in a
> 1 inch cylinder shape, which keeps nearby stuff from
> getting scorched.  You just pass it up and down the
> shank for 15 - 20 seconds, then twist the shank in
> the direction you want it to go, with a slight
> overshoot to allow for its tendency to relax back in
> the opposite direction.  Just takes a little
> practice.  The old cedar shanks scorch much easier
> than maple ones, and they're more brittle (can't
> twist 'em too far or they snap). 
>     In extreme cases, I pull the hammer off and
> reglue.
>     Using open flame in the customer's home makes me
> nervous.  I've done it on occasion, but more often
> for heating a hammer iron.  [Some carpets melt/burn
> so readily that a match head will leave a half-inch
> diameter "crater" that looks like acid dripped on
> it].        --David Nereson, RPT
> 
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