<!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 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Now I haven't tried this, so I may well be = speaking out of ignorance, but I have a reasonable concept of how much flange friction = there will be with 3-4 grams of resistance. A jack weighs almost nothing. = Seems to me if the jack needs to swing freely 7 full swing cycles, that would = require almost no friction in the center. Three to five grams friction in an action = center with a shank and hammer hanging from it will swing maybe three full cycles - = and that has tons more momentum. Seems like something may not be right here???</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> Hi Julia,<BR>> <BR>> You = can't bake a cake without a pan. Get a gauge--get the best one you can<BR>> = afford. There is a swing test as well. There are two ways to count the<BR>> swings. = 7 full cycles or 13 back and forth. Good luck.<BR>> <BR>> = Regards,<BR>> Don Rose</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>>  Check the jack center pins = to 3-4 grams of friction and for firmness </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>