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<p align="left">Jon,</p>
<p align="left">What kind of gauge are you using?<br/><br/>David Ilvedson, RPT<br/>Pacifica, CA 94044<br/><br/></p>
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<hr/>Original message<br/>From: "Jon Page"
<jonpage@comcast.net> </jonpage@comcast.net><br/>To: caut@ptg.org<br/>Received: 2/16/2008 7:22:23 AM<br/>Subject: [CAUT] hammer line<br/><br/>
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<p align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#000000">The sorting by knuckle height, do you think a player feels any uneveness</font></p>
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<blockquote type="cite"><font face="Arial" color="#000000">if this is not done, or is this mainly the elegance of straightlines?</font></blockquote>
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<div>I've measured as much as 1 mm in height difference within a set. Some sets</div>
<div>measure~~ .620", some .640". In a .640 set, some might be .610, 620, 650, 660.</div>
<div>My spring-loaded thickness gage is in inches.</div>
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<div>I'll measure a few to find and average and start from there. Let's say .640" ave.</div>
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<div>That's my medium and in that pile, I'll place the range of .638" to .642".</div>
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<div>The low's will be ~.635"; hi's ~.645". Any shanks outside of those are set aside.</div>
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<div>I used to buy several sets in order to get a complete set within a .005 range but</div>
<div>sets were so inconsistent, I'd have to order too many sets to make it practical.</div>
<div>I mentioned this to Lloyd many years ago and he said they were working on that,</div>
<div>they seem better. I've gone so far as to remove a knuckle, sand the end of the</div>
<div>core and press it back in with a caul (I posted this years ago w/ photo).</div>
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<div>On spare shanks I note: knuckle to c/p radius, knuckle height and shank weight.</div>
<div>So if I need to fill in a set, they're labeled. I also rotate the stock,</div>
<div>utilizing the appropriate stored shanks first.</div>
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<div>By endeavoring to keep the tolerance tight, aftertouch is more consistent.</div>
<div>Just another variable eliminated or reduced. Not having an overly wavy</div>
<div>Let Off button line is a bonus.</div>
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<div>Varying heights on knuckles will have the wippens at different rest heights.</div>
<div>Anything we can do to standardize parts and motion is a plus.</div>
<div><br/>Regards,<br/><br/>Jon Page</div>
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