Sean Meeghan
Well-known member
I've been doing some restoration work of late and I've been working on a couple of blanks that have a bit of a droop. Conventional wisdom has it that gentle heat is the way to go and I've been reasonably succesful at getting a straight section by doing this. The problem is that this doesn't seem to last and if I bend the rod in the direction of the old set the set returns. If I bend it in the opposite direction the blank stays straight.
Obviously one way out of this is to reverse the rings on the blank, but is there another way? Once a blank has a set is it permanent or am I missing something?
Obviously one way out of this is to reverse the rings on the blank, but is there another way? Once a blank has a set is it permanent or am I missing something?