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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>“</span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Should mining damage
associated with crown staple removal be filled and the crown accurately re
drilled?<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>”<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>This will be done if a crown crack is
welded. I know I’ve seen a picture of a bell somewhere (think it was one
at Pinhoe, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Exeter</st1:place></st1:City>),
where it had been necessary to heavily cut the crown due to cracks, and when
repaired the bell was given a raised flat area on the crown, like a modern canonless
bell has. From other welded bells I’ve seen, this doesn’t appear to
be common – most seem to be repaired with a slightly domed crown.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>“</span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I believe
technically it is possible to replace the cannons, if it is possible to obtain
the information necessary to make a decent replica.<font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'>”<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Wasn’t that done with one of the
Barwell bells at Lydbury North in <st1:place w:st="on">Shropshire</st1:place>?
If some of the canons are still present (as I believe was the case on the bell
here) they can be used as a pattern to cast replacements to weld on.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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