regulating jack to knuckle alignment

[Newton Hunt]

You owe me a beer. :)

		Newton

PS  and I have lots of other neat tricks also.

Ed Sutton wrote:
> 
> Yo Newton,
> 
> This is great!
> I have never been able to see what is going on in the middle of all those
> jacks and levers.  It always leaves me with a backache and a bad mood.
> Doing it your way, I made three quick passes, just fixing the obvious odd
> jacks on each pass.  It was remarkable how sensitive my touch was by the
> third pass.
> 10 minutes; no bad back; no bad mood.
> 
> Ed S.
> 
> Newton Hunt wrote:
> 
> > As to jacks to knuckles, the basic criteria is how much the jack rubs on the
> > knuckle when it is being tripped out by let off.
> >
> > If you lightly rest a finger upon the shank and use a thumb to move the jack
> > toe
> > out from under the knuckle (or not knuckle) you can actually feel the amount
> > of
> > rub there is which is a VERY accurate measure of jack location and
> > engagement
> > which accommodates different knuckle sizes and locations and will,
> > ultimately
> > give you a better touch.