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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> January 22, 2002 9:50 =
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Baldwin Accu-Just =
Hitch
Pins--General Information</DIV>
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color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"> I =
read John
Hartmans articles on the subject in the journal and no disclaimers =
there as
to the specifics you mentioned. I read all of Nick Gravagnes =
info on
the subject many times as to the 1& 1/2 degree method which =
doesn't
really work. No disclaimer there and yes I used that for a while =
with less
than satisfying results. My point is that unintentional dis- =
information
occurs unfortunately.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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Sans"
color=#000080 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Now, see? That's just what I mean. =
Obviously
Nick's specification worked for him using his boards, his process and =
his shop
conditions. There was/is enough different in what you were/are doing to =
make the
results less than satisfactory to you. From his perspective it probably =
wasn't
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<DIV><BR> Although prestressing isn't as =
sceintific as
measuring rib height ,tension, beam strength, and resultant angle of =
deflections for bearing values , it does work. But that's not to say =
that
I'm uniterested in calculating bearing in that manner. I just =
haven't gotten
there yet. I would love to compare the end results using both =
methods and
will.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans" color=#000080 size=3>I wasn't =
suggesting that you
should measure all this stuff. But, I'll be you compensate in some =
manner for it
all. Whether you do it consiously or intuitively is another =
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<DIV><BR> As a matter of interest to me we both stated =
we would
apply more bearing on the Baldwin system than the factory specs. =
suggested.
The accujust info. was concise.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans" color=#000080 size=3>Well, I have =
had a bit of
experience with them, albeit some time back. (And I'd also like to see a =
bit
more crown in those ribs.)</FONT></DIV>
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