Spring Conundrum

Susan Kline sckline@home.com
Tue, 03 Oct 2000 16:14:56 -0700


At 05:23 PM 10/03/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>I'd like to pull on your coats about something...
>
>I'm regulating an action from a Baldwin grand and have run into a rather odd
>situation with the rep. spring.  If I set the hop to a nice positive lift,
>the hammer shank will fall when I trip the jack with my finger.  If I set the
>spring to support the shank after tripping the jack, the hop has a serious
>kick.  This condition is throughout the action.
>
>Any ideas?...


See if the hammer centers are too loose. If they are, repin a few to 5 swings
and see what you get then.

Susan




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