When to do it

[Wimblees@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 12/26/00 9:05:03 AM Central Standard Time, JIMRPT@AOL.COM 
writes:

<< 'if' the BR is bowing up and flattening out with in humidity it is only 
 natural that the capstans are changing positions also..ain't it?  And ain't 
 it the capstan height that determines lost motion being present or not?
 A bowed up blance rail would seem to me to produce hammers setting off of 
the 
 hammer rail and, vicyversey, a flattened rail would tend to introduce lost 
 motion if' the hammers were let down while the thingee was bowed........or 
is 
 'my' egg nog fermented? :-)
 Jim Bryant (FL) >>


The way I understand it, other than the capstan rotating from front to back, 
the height of the balance rail does not effect the height of the capstan. The 
balance rail would have to move quite a bit for it to effect the capstan to 
the point that it creates, or eliminates lost motion. Or am I missing 
something?

Wim