<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>[CAUT] hammer line</title></head><body> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">Varying heights on knuckles will have the wippens at different rest heights.</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">Anything we can do to standardize parts and motion is a plus.</font></blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>A equal elevation and range of motion is what I'm talking about.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Is it possible that Ed Foote's approach to an even after touch, by altering</div> <div>each hammer blow distance, a means to put the wippens' elevations on a</div> <div>more even keel and that it's the uneven knuckle height which causes</div> <div>the hammer line to be askew?  Blow distance does not alter point of</div> <div>Let Off but knuckle height certainly does, so the L/O stays the same</div> <div>due to the geometry of that particular execution.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Aside from any minor anomaly in KR, the knuckle size/height is the</div> <div>only variable. (Assuming even string height and hammer length).</div> <div><br></div> <div>So it makes sense to me to detail this aspect of the action. I'd like</div> <div>to do it better but manufacturing procedures leave us with limited</div> <div>resources. Imagine the cost of a set of shanks if they also had to</div> <div>sort the sets? Which height range would you order?  If I could only</div> <div>select my shanks at the source...</div> <x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep> <div><br> Regards,<br> <br> Jon Page</div> </body> </html>