On 1/22/2011 11:56 AM, David Love wrote: > Maybe. But I've jumped through all the hoops before and still felt that > something was just slightly not as good as it could be in that section. Well, yea. If I had an unlimited budget and all the time there is, I'd never produce anything perfect. And what I liked more yesterday, I'd like less today. We're already pretty deeply into subjective fog with some of this stuff. > Couldn't say for sure that it was the capo but have wondered. That's it - wondered. >Seems a shame > to go through all that board and plate stuff stopping just short, if that's > what it is. I think it would be interesting to play with, and potentially quite educational. >So what hardness and finish would you use. I found this on > line http://www.precisionkidd.com/pdf/DrillRodData.pdf. What is the diameter > of #40? I'd thought just regular old water hard drill rod, and #40 is 0.098" (2.49mm). It's soft enough to work easily, but seems hard enough to do the job. I looked it up just now, and got a Rockwell C hardness of 23, which is less than I presumed. I'm starting to like Serge's beryllium copper more all the time. Ron N
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