removing shanks from butts

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clamped in
> a
> drill press vise. Drill them out. Once you have created your jig, this is
> faster than fiddling with pulling out the old shanks.

Glad that someone said it at last!!! Ive done it that way before (on a set
of Rönish butts with some sort of "impossible to melt" glue) and it is
fast, accurate and quite fun!

Patrick


> Ed,
>
> I agree that replacing is cheaper and will give better results. However if
> you are determined to replace the shanks just cut them off flush with the
> butt. Create a jig to hold the butts. The jig and butt then are clamped in
> a
> drill press vise. Drill them out. Once you have created your jig, this is
> faster than fiddling with pulling out the old shanks.
>
> Alan
>
> --Alan McCoy, RPT
> Inland Northwest Chapter
> Spokane, WA
> ahm at webband.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On
> Behalf
> Of ed miller
> Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 7:43 AM
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: removing shanks from butts
>
> List,
>
> I am about to rebuild a set of hammer butts, and put in new shanks and
> hammers. However, I can't get these pesky shanks out of the butts. I have
> done everything I've learned..... breaking away the collar, soaking the
> shank/butt joint with wallpaper remover, even applying some steam to help
> loosen the glue (it is hot hide glue).
>
> I've only tried it on shanks that have hammers already broken off. So I've
> been using a shank clamp as the end point for the shank/butt remover to
> push
> against. The clamp keeps sliding up the shank before the shank/butt joint
> will break loose (and I've tightened it really hard, to the point where
> the
> shank is pretty smooshed).
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Ed
>
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Patrick Hinves Ballesta
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PIANISSIMO PIANOFORTE S.L.