reducing hammer weight

[Will Truitt]

Ron:

I've been tapering all my hammers on a table saw for 20 plus years and have
never had a hammer explode.  Am I just lucky?  What am I missing here?

Will Truitt

P. S.  I took a bunch of pictures of my hammer tapering jig for mounted
hammers today in the shop.  As soon as I can figure out the protocol of
mailing them to the forum, I will send them - hopefully tonight.



-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Ron Nossaman
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 12:58 PM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: Re: reducing hammer weight


> Good point and I might have, but most of the hammers in this set needed 
> to have mass added to them, and my table saw setup isn't really as 
> accurate as the sanding for removing smaller amounts of material. But if 
> the whole set needed reducing by a gram then absolutely the saw will get 
> you there faster better cheaper!
> 
> - Mark Dierauf

Until you hit a staple and explode a hammer, for which you 
have no replacement.
Ron N