Fred, I concur with your findings. I did the same test you did and obtained the same results. I wonder how others are applying the VS Profelt to increase the friction? Tim Coates On Apr 8, 2009, at 11:06 AM, Fred Sturm wrote: > On Apr 6, 2009, at 11:33 AM, DCyr141833 at aol.com wrote: > >> Also am finding that it works ok on new action part centers that >> have 0 grams friction - hammer flanges and whippen flanges. > > This statement raised my eyebrows a bit, as it certainly doesn't > make sense based on my previous experience. So I tried it this > morning on four hammershanks (Abels). I didn't have any at 0 grams, > but all four were at about 1 gram. I applied a drop to each side. > Three hours later, all four are at 0 grams: the flange flops nicely > in the breeze (hold the shank and swing the flange, and it goes back > and forth a couple times). So I would strongly recommend against > this application, myself. > Regards, > Fred Sturm > University of New Mexico > fssturm at unm.edu > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut_ptg.org/attachments/20090408/2adb6b35/attachment.html>
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