Weighty Problem

[Newton Hunt]

Jerry, reread my post most carefully.  I have been in Jack Wyatt's class
and was greatly upset that misinformation of such a kind was being
desiminated by a PTG member and sanctioned, by default, by PTG.  He is,
very simply, wrong.  You CANNOT increase the performance of an action,
like a auto engine by detuning it.

If you consider the extreme care in design and installing a good action,
it cannot be improved by changing it's geometry.

Some action, to be sure, can be improved by careful measurement and
geometry restoration, but NOT by changing, willynilly, such geometry.  

If you wish to make such changes do two things;  
	1. Carefully measure up and down weight.
	2. Carefully, by machine, measure repitition.

After making such changes take the same measurements.  Then you can
explain how the changes effected the action.

You will find that the difference between up and down weight will be
less, a loss of effeciency.

You will also find that repititon will be reduced, a loss of effeciency.

130 to 190 years of evolution of action design and refinesments cannot
be improved, without very careful analysis and comparison to action
design and installation procedures.  Parallel blocks, levels, jigs and
other such are used to carefully install an action in the factory. 
Without the same tools and knowledge it is difficult in the extreme to
determine if any changes will possitively effect action performance. 
These measurements were made without hammer shanks and damper heads in
the way.

	Newton
	nhunt@jagat.com