Plate Bushings - was Re: Bushing vs. bigger pin?

[Ron Nossaman]

>As for your comparison of bushed pins to pins riding on the plate... hmm I
>am not so sure.. tho I see where you are coming from for sure. As to the
>force exerted on the pinblock in general.. 250 some pins with all that
>string weight on them gotta exert some force for sure, and its easy enough
>to imagine the circumstance as these fellows describe.. seems to make
>sense, tho as I stated in the last post I am not sure just how big a deal
>it all is. I suppose one could easily enough put together a makeshift
>simulation that would show actually what goes on ..

>Richard Brekne

Alright, let's try it another way. Instead of comparing what faction "A"
says, compared to what faction "B" says, let's hear what you think, and
your supportive reasoning.

Ron N