Gary Hill wrote:Ron, I understand the differance in the two styles of nanners but the trip you put on the foot, can you post some good photos of it before the shoe and pad are applied? I am trying to wrap my little brain around the fit? Do you just rasp to fit or hotfit with a steel shoe?? Thanks.
People make way too much of a problem of the fit. It's nothing. With an aluminum shoe just rasp the toe and include one or two strokes over the heels keeping the COA the highest part in the foot. You'll find that it's really easy to overdo the rasping of the toe, meaning the foot is banana'd more than the shoe. Rasp the highest spot (which should be directly underneath the COA) and you're done. With a steel shoe it's even easier. A few strokes with your rasp over the toe area and burn in the shoe. Be sure not to overdo the trim before you decide to burn a banana in the foot :cool:
Because the rasp is way less than you'd perhaps expect I can not show you a pic of a foot prepared for the banana that would show much. But just to make my point here's one I use explaining the banana fit. In fact it's a pic of a foot that I just took a banana off for a reset. If you look closely you'll see some banana shape in the ground side of the foot. Most of the roll is pushed in though because of the weight on the foot.
I added a pic of the jig I made as well, 'though I hardly ever use it. Some tapping a shoe over the hardy hole works just fine to get a banana shape in the shoe.
Ronald Aalders