Hammer Ratio

Richard Brekne Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no
Mon, 13 Jan 2003 13:42:19 +0100


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Farrell wrote:

> Comments below: Terry Farrell
>
> > Hammer ratio.... Hammer shank ratio....
> >
> > What range of things could I possibly be talking about here eh ???
> That was the question.
>
> > The hammer / shank / hammershankassembly.... it constitutes a lever
> and a
> > load... or just a lever depending on your point of view... ( I take
> the
> > former and not the latter).  One with two ends and a fulcrum...
> class three
> > lever .... force applied between the load and fulcrum..... I believe
> David and others are asking (as am I) exactly a ratio of what
> measurement to what measurement. Hammer weight to shank weight? Hammer
> length to shank length? Are you speaking of the standard Center Pin to
> Knuckle Core and Center Pin to Hammer Center? If so, are both these
> measurements taken along the same line? Or are you measuring from
> Center Pin to Knuckle contact point and Center Pin to Hammer tip or
> somesuch. Maybe this is a Stanwood-type weight thing?
>
> > Hammer shank ratio.

> Last chance. What is it?
>

Sigh... never mind. :) It was a trick question anyways.

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Richard Brekne
RPT, N.P.T.F.
UiB, Bergen, Norway
mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no
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