<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1479" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>RicB asked: "<FONT face="Times New = Roman" size=3>Another little tidbit pops up with this Petrof. In checking the = <<magic <BR>line>> from balance rail pin to whippen center I = find that there is no way <BR>on this earth I will ever get the = capstan/whippen heel on the line at half <BR>blow. It appears that the whippen rail is just = plain to low.<BR><BR>I havent ever fooled around with changing the height of the = whippen rail so <BR>I would appreciate any input/advice any of you care to give."</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Ric,</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" = size=3>At present, I'm making an action for an 1863, 8' Chickering. I'm using Renner parts and = Rick Wheeler Keys. One of the things that Rick calculated, was that the = Whippen Foot was too tall. I made a simple jig and ground those puppie off w/a = radius. Then, the under felt was attached. Next, was attaching the new whippen foot = felt. As I have found that the Renner Whippen Foot felt has two problems, (too = course & not stretched), this solved several problems. Once that was done, Rick = rated the action geometry at a 9+, (a scale of 1-10, with 10 being optimum). As = this is a retro-fit, that was the best we could do. But, I know this sucker will = play very nicely.[G]</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" = size=3>Best Regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>