Mason & Hamlin (letoff)

stanwood stanwood@tiac.net
Wed, 07 Feb 1996 13:04:33 -0500


>> The problem is in the stack configuration.  It does
>>not have to do with the capstan placement.
>>Stanwood

>Usually, when I find the let-off rail in the wrong place for new parts, the
>length of the jack, the angle of the tender, or the diameter of the knuckle
>is different from the original.
>Ed Foote

Yes, the problem is somewhere between the strike surface of the hammer and
the letoff button, so the factors would include bore, knuckle thickness,
length, tender angle,  distance from the knuckle to the hammer center, and
spread distance. Anything else?

David Stanwood



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