my mouth is still on the floor

[Newton Hunt]

Yep.

Sufficient for a good start point to restoration function.

Well said.

Thanks

		Newton

Fred Sturm wrote:
> 
> Newton,
>    I'd put it that friction _is_ a factor, but only the friction between
> capstan and wipp heel (and, to a lesser degree, between knuckle and rep
> lever). What you are doing is looking for convergence - the compromise
> where there is least rubbing between arcs of different radii. The old
> string from key bottom balance hole to wipp center method will tell you
> that (for heel to capstan), but you need a fair number of parts out of
> the way. So fudging back and forth and measuring up and down weight is a
> practical and efficient way of finding the relatively optimal point in
> certain circumstances. When you find the point where the spread is
> least, you've found the point of least friction between capstan and
> heel.
> Fred Sturm
> University of New Mexico