<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>[CAUT] Lighter Touchweight</title></head><body> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">It is an effective way of making a small change in the leverage.  Shimming</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">out the wippen flange will also accomplish the same thing without having to</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">move the stack.</font></blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>Moving the wippen rail is only to align the centers. There is no leverage gain</div> <div>as one might think by moving the rail back because the advantage you gain</div> <div>in regards to the capstan is lost at the knuckle. Whereas moving the stack back</div> <div>increases the input dimension without increasing the output thereby lowering the ratio.</div> <x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep> <div><br> Regards,</div> <div><br> Jon Page</div> </body> </html>