Hammer assist spring ?

[Bill Ballard]

At 11:57 PM +0200 6/6/03, Richard Brekne wrote:
>I just know there has got to be a few great reasons why this is
>ridiculous :)  But humour me ok ?

OK you asked for it. Hows'bout a leaf spring attached to the top of 
the rep lever post bearing on the underside of the shank just on 
front of the hammer head. That way while the rep is being lifted by 
the  capstan (and the jack is lifting the knuckle), the rep lever can 
lift the spring to offset the weakening of the spring by the 
jack-induce motion of the shank.

I imagine the spring and the shank would have to stay in contact at 
all times, to avoid the click of engagement. And it should be screw 
adjustable. (I've got bad memories of trying to manually adjust 
helper springs to the nearest 1g of BW.)

Mr. Bill

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