my mouth is still on the floor

[Ed Sutton]

Newton-
No, no, save those teeth.
(Nevertheless, I admit it is a small pleasure to think that for once I'm
right and Newton Hunt is wrong!)
But also, as usual, you have a very do-able, direct method, which I'm going
to try this morning on an old M & H A action which has been making me grind
my teeth off and on for the last 3 weeks.
Thanks!
    Ed
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>From: Newton Hunt <nhunt@optonline.net>
>To: caut@ptg.org
>Subject: Re: my mouth is still on the floor
>Date: Thu, Sep 6, 2001, 8:33 AM
>

> Well shut my mouth and grind my teeth!
>
> You are RIGHT.  It should be _smallest_ difference.
>
> Getting old, gotten drunk, real tired but otherwise no excuse for stupidity.
>
> Thank you for these and other corrections.
>
>   Newton
>
> Ed Sutton wrote:
>>
>> Newton,
>>
>> You wrote:
>>
>> ----------
>> >From: Newton Hunt <nhunt@optonline.net>
>> >To: caut@ptg.org
>> >Subject: Re: my mouth is still on the floor
>> >Date: Wed, Sep 5, 2001, 6:26 PM
>> > To determine the best action spread measure the up and down weight,
carefully,
>> > and consistently, then either move the rail or shim a flange then
remeasure.
>> > The setting which provides the greatest difference between up and down
weight
>> is
>> > the correct spread.
>>
>> I don't get it.
>> The greater the difference between the up and down weight, the greater the
>> friction.
>> I thought the ideal was to have the friction as low as possible and the
>> upweight as close as possible to the downweight so that the key "stays with
>> the finger" on return.
>>
>> Ed