On 10/18/2010 4:16 PM, jimialeggio wrote: > >> The table lifts pneumatically to clamp the bridge to the stationary >> hold down, >> > Given the pushy-ness of the climb cut and the fact that the clamping > happens only at one point, when you are at the treble or tenor extreme > of the bridge, the entire rest of the bridge has the potential to behave > like a naughty lever. No matter how hard I clamp, I find a single point > clamp still lets things pivot. How do you deal with naughty lever > syndrome...and have you seen your doctor about it? Single point clamping anywhere but directly in line with the cutter path is a pending disaster. With the hold down directly in line with the cutter, and never far away from it, there's no tendency at all to rotate. Force and resistance vectors coincide. PSA backed abrasive on the table for traction, keeps the cutter from sucking the bridge straight into it, and I have an auxiliary "prop", clamped to the base, that I move around as necessary to support the weight of the long end off of the table. Ron N
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