Larudee's mystery - Was: Ditch the bushings

[larudee@pacbell.net]

Ron,

Got it, and I see what you're saying.  You're always worth re-reading, Ron
(actually both Ron N & Ron O).

Paul

Ron Nossaman wrote:

> >Are you talking about wire diameter or pin diameter?  I don't recall Ron O
> >talking about wire diameter and it sounds like pin diameter fits what you're
> >trying to say.
> >
> >Paul Larudee
> >
>
> >> >
> >> >>  . . . With the moment arm of the string torque being the radius of
> >> >>pin diameter
> >> >
> >> >(plus the radius of the core wire)
> >> >
> >> >>and the block contact surface area varying with the circumference
> >> >>(pi*D), doesn't this
> >> >>  proportion scale?
>
> Hi Paul,
> That's why I included it in the reply. Here it is again (7 lines up, that's
> Ron O's addition to what I said). And yes, we were talking about torque
> holding power against the string tension rather than what it takes to turn
> the pin with a tuning hammer.
>
> Ron N