At 09:48 AM 12/22/2004, you wrote: >Guy writes: ><< Just a thought, fellow fuzzy-faced frolickers, ...... would it be possible >to use plumbers' Teflon-tape on a slightly undersize thread? I really love >that stuff for pipe clamps, etc.<< > > I don't think there would be sufficient strength to make much > difference, >plus, there is an impedance question in my mind, (is that what they meant >when they told me I had a thought impediment?). I wouldn't like to see >anything >softer than brass entrained between the vibrating string and the plate, >itself. I know that the energy absorbtion would be small, but on >principle, I would >have some reservations, (and no, I am not an Indian). >Regards, > >Ed Foote RPT It might help a little, but not much, I think. I don't see an impedance concern, since the flange still beds directly on the plate. Ron N
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