Jerry,
I wasn't impugning hammers or hammer craftsmen - I was impugning
the lathe designer(s) who didn't include jackscrews for motor
alignment. Tapping or prying something into alignment is needlessly
slow when pattern draft forces it out alignment when the hold-down
bolts are fully tightened.
I've got a moderate collection of them, and can't imagine working
without them.
Roy
--- In 7x12minilathe@..., Jerry Smith <jfsmith@a...>
wrote:
Ken and Roy,
The art and the talent for using a hammer to align
something has
been around for many years. I have 60 plus hammers in my shop.
Everything
from a 4 ounce inertia hammer to 12 pound sledge hammer. Some times
I have
to make a tool or jig to guide the energy, but it does work.
As that I come from the blacksmithing side of the world, I
view
things differently. A light tap can do wonders, measuring the
energy of the
tap is difficult, measuring the results is easy.
But I never had any luck with pry bars, I seem to not have
the
touch for that kind of work, I generally break things in doing that
kind of
process.
Jerry
At 04:23 AM 12/16/2002 +0000, you wrote:
Ken,
I do believe. I spent hours and hours, over several
frustrating
days until I got mine close enough to objectively leave alone. The
only thing I hate more than pry bar adjustments is hammer
adjustments :-)
Roy
--- In 7x12minilathe@..., "Capt Ken Appleby
