<!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 6.00.2900.3059" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yes, but I think the idea is when regulating from scratch, start by installing the thickest punchings. If you are going to have a total of .048" of paper punchings, maybe make it up with a .025, .015 .007 and a .001 (or a .005 and .003) rather than two .010, four .005, two .003 and a .002.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you are touching up a piano and see two 0.10 - in most cases I would not bother replacing them with a 0.20, but perhaps if you saw three .010 and four 0.005, it may well be a good idea to replace with one 0.045 and a .005.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When regulating from scratch, I start with the thickest punchings and move up to the thinnest. I never have more than four or five punchings on the rail pins.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"> </DIV>Yeah, I was sort of playing devil's advocate. I understand...up to a point.  I can see the benefit of having fewer of the very thin ones, and can see where they might contribute to a spongy feel. What about the point of diminishing returns, though? Are you really going to take out two 0.010 punchings and replace them with one 0.020? Honestly, now, how much can those paper fibers really compress?<BR><BR>Gotta be some reality here...no?<BR><BR>JF</BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>