<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2">Bob writes:<BR>
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calling for the magic line are correct, but in reality I've never been able<BR>
to detect an increase in friction in an action that deviates from the magic<BR>
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Greetings, <BR>
Nor I. I am not sure what the "principles' are, though. Allowing the capstan to pass above the magic line before escapement is something I try to avoid, since it begins sending the ration back "down" just as you can use the increased leverage to keep up the hammer velocity.(I posted on this last month). <BR>
Like Bob, I have varied the settings to see what happens to friction when the magic line is ignored, and I couldn't find any difference between the possible settings in a given action. <BR>
Regards, <BR>
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