Hi all (that's left), First, an observation. Alan Crane's post stating reasons for signing off has produced more than enough posted tripe in response to justify his attitude. My opinion. Let's please just drop it and attempt to get back to something interesting and, hopefully, USEFUL. Since I try not to bitch about something without offering an alternative (I don't care *what* you've heard to the contrary) I've worked up a downbearing poundage figgurer-outer chart. The Great International Math on Keys book, available in Garage Sales everywhere, supplied the Trig and vector stuff. I whipped up a Turbo Pascal program to print this sucker out for whoever can use it. Look it over and see if you can make sense of it. Also, check the figures against your own information and see that I didn't screw something up. Shift happens. Measure angle difference between string segments on either side of the bridge. Multiply times tension for downbearing weight. Ron Nossaman June, 1997 Angle Bearing Angle Bearing Angle Bearing 0.1 0.00174542 3.4 0.05933258 6.7 0.11687053 0.2 0.00349075 3.5 0.06107712 6.8 0.11861284 0.3 0.00523608 3.6 0.06282161 6.9 0.12035505 0.4 0.0069814 3.7 0.06456605 7.0 0.12209717 0.5 0.00872671 3.8 0.06631045 7.1 0.1238392 0.6 0.01047202 3.9 0.06805479 7.2 0.12558113 0.7 0.01221732 4.0 0.06979908 7.3 0.12732297 0.8 0.01396261 4.1 0.07154332 7.4 0.12906471 0.9 0.01570789 4.2 0.07328751 7.5 0.13080635 1.0 0.01745316 4.3 0.07503164 7.6 0.13254789 1.1 0.01919842 4.4 0.07677571 7.7 0.13428933 1.2 0.02094366 4.5 0.07851972 7.8 0.13603067 1.3 0.02268889 4.6 0.08026368 7.9 0.13777191 1.4 0.02443409 4.7 0.08200757 8.0 0.13951304 1.5 0.02617928 4.8 0.0837514 8.1 0.14125406 1.6 0.02792445 4.9 0.08549516 8.2 0.14299498 1.7 0.0296696 5.0 0.08723887 8.3 0.14473579 1.8 0.03141473 5.1 0.0889825 8.4 0.14647648 1.9 0.03315983 5.2 0.09072607 8.5 0.14821707 2.0 0.03490491 5.3 0.09246956 8.6 0.14995754 2.1 0.03664996 5.4 0.09421299 8.7 0.1516979 2.2 0.03839498 5.5 0.09595635 8.8 0.15343815 2.3 0.04013997 5.6 0.09769963 8.9 0.15517827 2.4 0.04188493 5.7 0.09944284 9.0 0.15691828 2.5 0.04362986 5.8 0.10118597 9.1 0.15865817 2.6 0.04537476 5.9 0.10292903 9.2 0.16039794 2.7 0.04711962 6.0 0.104672 9.3 0.16213758 2.8 0.04886445 6.1 0.1064149 9.4 0.16387711 2.9 0.05060924 6.2 0.10815772 9.5 0.1656165 3.0 0.05235399 6.3 0.10990045 9.6 0.16735577 3.1 0.0540987 6.4 0.1116431 9.7 0.16909492 3.2 0.05584337 6.5 0.11338567 9.8 0.17083393 3.3 0.057588 6.6 0.11512814 9.9 0.17257282 Ron Nossaman
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