I agree Mike. Already this thread has yielded some good new insight for myself. Knowing a bit about the reasoning behind the angled backwards capstan can allow you to make sense of an action thats been mucked around through the years. And it lets you see better the difference between one that has been left essentially alone and one thats been jiggered. I think I have to take a closer look at Overs forward leaning capstan configuration... just to see better whats going on. Cheers RicB Nick writes: This all may be relatively useless for the working tech, but since the question routinely arises RE “what should do with these angled capstans and sloping whip heal?” perhaps we can come up with a better answer.* Mike replies: I think it will be very useful to this working tech, to have had my eyes opened to the positive aspects of the sloping capstain and heal design. Unfortunately, this was not the first time that I rejected and changed a traditional design simply because I didn't fully understand it.
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