Ron Nossaman wrote: > So how about a "simple" bounce test? A cheap and relatively idiot resistant > test stand could be devised to guide a hammer drop onto an XxXxX steel > plate with enough mass to be the anvil, and catch the rebound for > measurement. It's doable without electronics or terribly expensive > hardware. A conversion table of weight/rebound height should then produce a > reasonably dependable and consistent resilience figure for set to set > comparison. Calibrate against a "standard" faux hammer consisting of a > piece of wood for a moulding, and a padded spring. > > > Ron N Grin... I can see it now... imagine the poor sucker that has to spend his life working in a factory bouncing hammers all day long... Boing Boing... :) -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no
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