Key flexing, was ...........

[william ballard]

On Jul 16, 2006, at 3:43 PM, Ron Nossaman wrote:
>> Given the choice of one or the other, do you think the top plate  
>> adds more stiffness than the bottom?
>
> I'm not really sure. My decision was based on whether or not I was  
> intending to replace the buttons on these two actions. The D's  
> buttons needed replaced, the B's didn't. Next time, I'll have to  
> deflection test them right side up, and upside down to see if  
> there's a difference.

I'd always assumed that of the two elastic deformations cause by this  
flexing (tension on the top side and compression on the bottom), it  
was the former which needed resisting the most. Unfortunately on the  
top side, the length of the plate is limited by the backside of the  
fallboard.

Mr. Bill