[CAUT] balancier/wippens report

[David Skolnik]

Susan -
can you explain how loose pinning would create such a condition?

David Skolnik

At 12:25 AM 12/18/2006, you wrote:
>At 02:48 PM 12/15/2006, Wim wrote:
>>I tried everything. My focus was on F2 - to F3, especially on F2- A2.
>>These seemed to be the ones that were not checking, no matter how hard
>>I hit the key. I checked the balancier of F2 and found it to be at 2
>>grams. This is what it was a few weeks ago when I had repinned from
>>2 grams to 6 grams. So I repinned it again, this time to 7 grams. But
>>the hammer still did not check.
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>I didn't see all of this thread, especially the early posts - but I
>don't see anyone mentioning the amount of friction in the hammer flange,
>which surely affects how well hammers are willing to stay in the
>backcheck. Wim, have you tried pinning the hammers more firmly?
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>Susan Kline
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