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<DIV> Bill</DIV>
<DIV> Well On slightly different tack. BTW good points.</DIV>
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<DIV> Somebody wrote</DIV>
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size=2>But Rick, you worry that whatever David held back from PD might hav=
e
<BR>prevented his metrology from flourishing in the trade at large.</FONT></=
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<DIV><FONT size=3> Dale writes</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> I dont' find much that limits a technicians=
flourishing in any technical sense in our professions other than the l=
ack
of desire to use common knowledge available. Them that can do &am=
p;
them that dont' simply choose not to do any thing but tune & run, capsta=
ns
be damned. I know it sounds synical which I'm not prone to, but I've seen so=
much poor/lack of technicianing (my word) lately. Sorry</FONT></D=
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<DIV><FONT size=3> All this to say that the methods Davi=
d
Stanwood has popularized & collated Are being used by motivated
technicians in a variety of forms & applications & I don't find=
the
patent issue on the salient point of how David leads keys of any concern to =
me
at this time. I have an open mind . Someone feel free to change it.</FONT></=
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<DIV><FONT size=3> I'm not saying it doesn't have merit & isn't a=
valuable technique but most Custom balancers are not using it any way, in it=
's
patented intended form.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> <STRONG> BTW David S.</STRONG></FONT><=
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<DIV><FONT size=3><STRONG>Thanks for all the help your efforts have been t=
o
me. </STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3><STRONG> Most Sincerely</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> Dale Erwin</FONT></DIV>
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=2>I'm
<BR>reminding the discussion that the amount held back was a single
<BR>component of the metrology's application, and in fact its final and
<BR>most esoteric one. The FW Equation of Balance took shape, what, 6-7
<BR>years ago, and patented maybe 3 years ago? During this same time, <BR>=
I've
not seen an abandonment of David's metrology (or a refuting <BR>thereof). =
On
the contrary, I've seen an expansion of his procedures, <BR>of not just th=
e
language of his metrology, both here on PTx and out <BR>in the real
world.<BR><BR>Not to run on too long, just wishing to examine under good
light, <BR>disagreements which really aren't.<BR><BR>Bill Ballard RPT<BR>N=
H
Chapter, P.T.G.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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