[CAUT] TIP OF THE YEAR!

[stranges at oswego.edu]

Thanx for that post Marc!
And I must agree- and add that pretty much *anything* Fred Sturm posts is
a gem!!

Happy Holidays all!

:)







> I would like to nominate and thank Fred Sturm, for what I humbly consider
> the BEST TIP shared this year;
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> "Upside-down flange-travelling" (lay the stack hammers face down, then
> rock
> it between hammer-rest and let-off contact to observe hammer travel)
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> With Fred's method, it was easy to get accurate results the very first
> time,
> and I soon noticed a relationship between the lateral movement of the
> hammers, and thickness of my favourite travel tape (3M #651 Post-it:
> Correction & Cover-up tape);
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> i.e.: 1mm travel = 1 full strip of travel tape... 1/2mm travel = 1/2
> strip,
> etc.
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> My assistants love it! Anything that makes a routine task fun without
> sacrificing precision is win-win. Nonetheless we still do a final paranoia
> visual-check with the stack right-side up.
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> A further bonus is that Fred's method seems to work equally well
> pre-travelling new shanks:
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> New shanks often have a vertical line through the end of the shank. By
> transfering these lines to the bench, then tilting/propping the action at
> let-off contact, it's possible to "one-time" all your flange travelling,
> just by measuring/observing the deflection from the original lines. (I'll
> attach a photo)
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> And I guess the final benchmark with any new tip is longevity. Suffice it
> to
> say, after how many months using Fred's method, no-one here has any
> interest
> in going back to "old school."
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> So "thanks Fred" for sharing this valuable tip, and to everyone who
> participated in our CAUT discussions all year. I've learned much, saved
> myself some potentially frustating mistakes and  been kindly provoked to
> re-think more than one of my tired old opinions. ;>)
>
> Best wishes to all,
> Mark Cramer,
> Brandon University
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