Hammer weight

[Vince Mrykalo]

>      Vince wrote:
>
>      >>Don, how will the speed of the hammer increase by merely decreasing
>      the knuckle size?  It doesn't do anything to change the leverage.<<
>
>
>      Draw and arc, centered on the hammer shank center pin and intersecting
>      the jack / knuckle contact point. Now reduce the knuckle size 2mm and
>      draw another arc.  The radius will have decreased a little with the
>      smaller knuckle.  This is where the leverage change comes from.

Don,
You are right.  Thanks for the clarification.  But practically, isn't
it approaching negligibility?

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