<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> Hi folks Got to thinking a bit about all the various countebalancing schemes there are out there... and had a second gander at this whippen sort... signert Seigfried.  Very cute... you could feasably balance a real pounder of a hammer on there if you wanted without any of the concerns of weight on the lower action. Interesting thought. Drawbacks ?? You call em.   <img SRC="cid:part1.3F849E44.5FACE106@grieg.uib.no" height=310 width=586>   -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway <A HREF="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A> <A HREF="http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html">http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html</A> <A HREF="http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html">http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html</A>  </html>