Dummy weights (was Re: Touchweight)

[Avery Todd]

As Eliza Dolittle said, "By george, I think I've got it". Thanks Ron.

Avery

At 04:20 PM 09/01/1999 -0500, you wrote:

> >Paul/Ron/someone,
> >
> >    I guess I'm just mechanically challenged but I simply cannot get a
> >visual picture
> >of this tool and how it works. Can someone clear it up for me? I'm 
> curious but
> >stumped. Privately, if desired. Thanks.
> >
> >Avery
>
>
>Hi Avery,
>Stack a bunch of washers on a rod of about 1/4" smaller diameter than the
>holes in the washers. A very sloppy "fit". Then lay the contraption on the
>back of the keys and you will notice that, maybe four of these washers will
>be standing on edge, kept there by the rod and the washers on either side of
>them, on the back of each key. Some of the washers will slip down between
>keys (and between sections), which they can do because of the sloppy fit of
>the washers on the rod. The idea is that each key will have a reasonably
>uniform weight (number of washers) when you select the punchings, but you
>can lift the weight off and on quickly to more easily lift the keys out to
>install punchings. It's kind of like a long sand bag in function, but the
>loose washers will allow for greater irregularities in key stick depth (or
>whatever).
>
>                cross section
>
>           |||||||||||||||||||||||| washers
>----------------------------  rod
>           ||||||||||||||||||||||||
>___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
>           | | | | | | | | | | | |     keys
>           | | | | | | | | | | | |
>          --------------------------
>Better?
>
>  Ron N