KS 32: New Hammers for the Mason

KS 32: New Hammers for the Mason

This week, I will share a little real-time shift in my hammer prep for hammer hanging. I still measure the distance from strike to hammer center at ends of sections and translate that to a cutoff line on the tails. When cut, the overall hammer length will then include 1 inch tails throughout the scale and custom bore lengths. Apart from reducing compromise in the regulation, this makes for one boring setup for all hammers, modified only by angle of bore. And the bore entry is set by...
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KS 31: Edge Cases and the Common No-Time Touchup

KS 31: Edge Cases and the Common No-Time Touchup

The same basic bedding strategy will work for both stiff and flexible keyframes. Whatever the starting point, once one glidebolt connects with keybed, bed the rest neighbor-by-neighbor advancing and retreating each to touch then just barely touch, monitoring as it lifts and lowers the previously bedded stud off and back onto the keybed. Have the sustain pedal fully depressed for this unless heading to the bench for regulating. The touch-downs can be tested by...
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