Action Geometry Correction

[Dave Swartz]

Should someone else have the formula (and a scanner) I would be most
appreciative of receiving this.  I wasn't able to attend Providence but hope
to show my funny face in Kansas City.   Action spread is usually around 4
13/32" right?  David Stanwood has mentioned in previous classes that
generally the spread isn't as big an issue when calculating overall
leverage....I guess the next question would follow (maybe Jon and others can
answer):  If the spread is greater, say 4 1/2", exactly how will this affect
the Strike Weight Ratio?...or would the differences exist...still
thinking....in whip ratio?...Trying to sort this out.  Can we make a
significant difference in the leveraged system as a whole by altering the
spread?  (There, got that out of my system).

Thanks for reading,

Blubbering hammer head
Dave Swartz, RPT
dms2000@majesticpiano.com

At 01:35 PM 10/29/98 -0500, you wrote:
>In cleaning out the pile of papers on my desk I found another
>pile underneath it. Amongst them was the hand-out from the
>Providence Convention about "Action Geometry: Truth And
>Consequences" by Rick Baldassin & Chris Robinson.
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>Previously I mentioned, that with the key half depressed  
>the knuckle/wippen contact point fell on the action spread line;
>as recalled to the best of my knowledge from their class.
>I obviously did not recall the information correctly.   The lines
>they drew on the action parts (pictured indivually, not on the stack)
>are between the center pins and their respective contact points,
>but no mention at all about proximity of said contact point to action
>spread line. Which Don M. pointed out on mIRC one night that the
>contact point_is_ below the spread line at halftime. I tested and
>found that to be true, I could not find the hand-out and refresh my
>memory on the class, but now I have. It is an interesting forumla
>but unfortunately I do not have a scanner.
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>I know you all were waiting for me to find it and clear that up.
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>Jon Page
>Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net)
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