On 2/2/2011 11:34 AM, David Love wrote: > I'll address both of these separate questions. > > First, (Mike) let's be clear, I didn't say that the first segment didn't > increase while the speaking length did, I said the first segment didn't > increase *above* the level where the speaking segment ends up. You keep repeating the same misconception over and over again and not thinking about what you're saying. The first segment *HAD* to have exceeded the final tension if it was to overcome the friction in the bearing surfaces to pull the speaking length up to final tension. This is as basic a truth as there is here. Look it in the eye and think about it instead of avoiding it and you'll see that's right. > So, in > answer to both your queries, that's that beauty of an ETD (yet another use). > You don't have to measure the actual tension to know that you didn't need to > increase the tension above the target. You can easily demonstrate that the > pitch can be made to rise to the target from below and when you stabilize > the pin you can see that there is no change to the sharp side which needs to > be settled back down indicating that no additional or excess tension was > stored in the front segment. It's deductive reasoning. No, it's faulty reasoning, and if your chapter let you get away with presenting it this way, shame on them all. Ron N
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