>It kinda suprised me, >but apparently the overall long-term torque is smoother and more consistant >when the pin is driven, at least the last bit before final chip&tune. Thank you, Guy! Can you divulge what your chapter member said about number of plies? My feeling is that I don't want heaps of scrawny thin ones, separated by heat-set glue ... too much glue, not enough wood. Opinions? Yours, Susan -------------------------------------------------------------- At 09:46 PM 6/16/97 -0600, you wrote: >Sam wrote: > Good idea, Susan, however, once the pin starts a thread by turning, is there >>>a chance of messing up the friction by driving it anew? Probably not, I've >>>done it this way too. > Sam -- >>That idea never occurred to me. I haven't encountered the problem, but I >>don't know if it happens or not. The final distance is very small. >> >>Anybody out there who knows about this and can tell us? > >Susan, > I won't get into my technique, but to answer your question about driving >vs turning, we had a chapter member who had worked for years at various >factories, in r&d and QC. We had a long chat one night and he related >results of some several hundred pin block experiments involving many >factors, including the effects of driving the pins. It kinda suprised me, >but apparently the overall long-term torque is smoother and more consistant >when the pin is driven, at least the last bit before final chip&tune. > He also mentioned several other suprising things about blocks, and the >difference between numbers of plies, etc. I think there's more than one >factory-type person on this list that may be able to alter our perceptions >about what makes a good, tight block. ? ? ? >Guy Nichols, RPT >nicho@lascruces.com > You are what your deep driving desire is. > As your desire is, so is your will. > As your will is, so is your deed. > As your deed is, so is your destiny. > --Brihadaranyaka Upanishad IV.4.5 > >---------------------------------------------------------------- Susan Kline P.O. Box 1651 Philomath, OR 97370 skline@proaxis.com "If you learn one useless thing every day, in a single year you'll learn 365 useless things." -- Ashleigh Brilliant
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