Jeff sparks
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I had two shafts with dings in them... I knew about soaking a piece of paper towel with water and letting it set on top of the ding to make the wood swell outward, thereby eliminating the ding...
This method has worked for me in the past, but it wasn't always foolproof, sometimes it wouldn't work and the dent would remain, plus it took to much time...
I had an idea today that I thought might work and damned if it didn't work like a charm... Maybe somebody has been doing this for years, but I'd never heard of it before...
I have a rice steamer made by Black and Decker, it's got a glass lid with a small hole in it that let's excess steam escape.. Yep, that's right, I just held the dinged shaft about 1/2 inch directly over the escaping steam for maybe 7 or 8 seconds and the ding was completely gone...
Then to top it off I glassed both shafts and they are as smooth as a babies bottom...
Probably won't improve my one pocket, but it makes me feel better about my equipment...
This method has worked for me in the past, but it wasn't always foolproof, sometimes it wouldn't work and the dent would remain, plus it took to much time...
I had an idea today that I thought might work and damned if it didn't work like a charm... Maybe somebody has been doing this for years, but I'd never heard of it before...
I have a rice steamer made by Black and Decker, it's got a glass lid with a small hole in it that let's excess steam escape.. Yep, that's right, I just held the dinged shaft about 1/2 inch directly over the escaping steam for maybe 7 or 8 seconds and the ding was completely gone...
Then to top it off I glassed both shafts and they are as smooth as a babies bottom...
Probably won't improve my one pocket, but it makes me feel better about my equipment...