[CAUT] Schwander "balancier spring neutralizer"

[Jim Busby]

Ed,

You make one that works and I will buy it! Sure would be nice. (You hear that Jurgen?)

In the vertical position (i.e. on the rail) it seems like the weight of the wippen plus the clip would push the grams past my 15 gram Correx gauge. That's why I measure sideways. I'll experiment.

BTW, the clip I made is 35mm top to bottom. It seems to be a good size for this wippen. By sticking it in the loop on the wire that holds the cord, it stays put. The 95 degree angle at the top pushes the balancier towards the clip instead of letting it slip out. The longer wire at the bottom lets you snag the spring first then the top. When they were even I'd hit the top before I could snag the spring. And like I said, with this length you don't need to unhook to cord to get a measurement. The side is made just so you can hold it.

Now, on to someone smarter than me to make it better.

Regards,
Jim Busby


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From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Ed Sutton
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 5:00 PM
To: College and University Technicians
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Schwander "balancier spring neutralizer"

Jim-
Nifty!
Would it be possible to make a narrow clamp that could attach to the wippens on the rail, so that you could check the resistance without pulling the wippens?
Ed S.
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Busby<mailto:jim_busby at byu.edu>
To: College and University Technicians<mailto:caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 5:57 PM
Subject: [CAUT] Schwander "balancier spring neutralizer"

List,

Attached are pics of the little device I made out of a damper wire to couple the spring to the balancier and "neutralize" it so you can measure the friction. Works great! (Thanks again Jurgen)

Someone will probable improve it before you can say "Bob's your Uncle", but this works the best out of my two or three tries.

Make sure the bend on the top is more than 90 degrees and it will stay on better.

Jim Busby BYU
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