Hi David, and thankyou for your input. Since both you and the others all recommend to deal with friction first, I certainly will start there. Other then that you put your finger on something I didnt mention when posting the samples data for this set. You mention a "normal whippen leverage". What I have run into so far doing these is that WBW usually ends up around 9.0 to 9.5 grams. (KR times WR). In this case I have a resulting average WBW wayyyy over that, around 11 grams. KR is 5,2 -5,3 and I aggree that below that one starts running into problems with dip/blow.....whippen travel distance really... I am not quite sure what the significance of this particular WBW average is. Interestingly enough tho if I shoot for a Balance Weight of 40 then everything works out fine by otherwise treating the system as a 38 BW, 9 WBW specified system.... If you rewrite the equation of balance to solve for FW you have (R*SW) - BW + WBW on the other side of the equation. ( -40 + 11 is the same as -38 + 9) Course I dont know if I can get away with this in practice... :) Hav'nt come so far yet. Anyways whippen leverage is not what I am used to it being. I am not used to looking at the knuckle radius or distance from center as it is not directly a part of Stanwoods published Balance Equation. Tho when I get time and money to get certified he no doubt will clue me in on how that fits into his program. But I can certainly check those out and post them tommorrow. David Love wrote: > Richard: > > You need to look at the force leverage first. What is the key ratio and the > knuckle radius. Those two will tell you a lot. Assuming normal gluing > distance (130 mm), a knuckle radius of 17mm, and whippen leverage that is > normal, the key ratio needs to be not greater than .55 to accommodate a > medium hammer weight without excessive lead. Less is better but it seems > that below .53 you can begin to run into problems with dip or blow. I would > try to resolve friction issues before you go any further. > > David Love -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no
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