I have certainly hit staples tapering sets (including many Abels) - no way to avoid it on some - but never a problem. It just cuts through the staple and that is that. I wonder if you were feeding too fast. There is a just right speed to push the hammer into the blade. Now I understand why you don't want to freehand your tapering.... Will -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Ron Nossaman Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 8:48 PM To: Pianotech List Subject: Re: reducing hammer weight David Love wrote: > Has that actually happened to you? Sure has, maybe a half dozen times total, with varying degrees of damage. >I've hit staples, or the edges of them, > on several occasions without any adverse effect. Abel hammers (which I > don't use that often) or notorious for large staples the extend out to the > edges of the hammer. It's almost impossible not to hit them when doing a > full taper which tends to push them away from the hammer a bit. I just push > them back down and there seems to be no real consequence for the stability > of the hammer. I might hit six or seven staples through multiple sets with no problem. It's the odd one that isn't not a problem that's the problem. Ron N
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