Richard, the _glue_ and the wood is holding the felt rigidly. I have never seen folded bushings cup around the balance pin. But then I am more careful than factories dream of being. :) Newton Richard Brekne wrote: > > Newton.. this is not in my experience. I have seen this kind of bowing in both bent and not bent bushings and just about as often in the one as in the other. I have always assumed it had to do with poorly distributed glue. In anycase, I never bend when rebushing, and since (some years back) starting to be carefull to make sure the glue is equally > distributed over the entire width of the felt I have not ever experienced any such bowing. > > I dont quite get the paper analogy... I mean you dont have this like solid and flat piece of wood that is glued onto the back side in the picture... and if you did.... grin... well I kinda gotta think the paper would lie just as flat... bent or not. > > JMV > > RicB
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