Shank weight; was trimming tips

David Andersen bigda@gte.net
Sat, 18 Dec 2004 09:03:53 -0800


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>>> Jon Page wrote:
>>> My  reasoning for this is the jaggedness of a hammer weight curve and s=
hank
>>> SW's. Let's say that one were to
>>> simply install shanks right out of  the box in order. A 2 g shank could=
 be
>>> place next to a 1.6 g shank. Now  what if
>>> an 8g hammer were set on the first and a 7.6 on the second. Their
>>> respective SW's would be 10 and 9.2; almost
>>> a gram! However, if the  shanks were swapped then each SW would be 9.6.=
 A
>>> much better solution.....
>>>=20
>>>=20
>>> Exactly.  We=B9ve been weighing shanks for a while; it does make a differ=
ence
>>> in the final feeling of the action......
>>>=20
>>> A place where OCD becomes a plus....<g>
>>>=20
>>> David A.



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