My my my... I hadnt expected quite this kind of reactions to the knuckle comment. Dean... after reading your comment and thinking about these others I wonder if it wasnt best after all to leave it as I did... it prompted a nice sequence of queries and comments that got us all thinking about several things in that picture. Jasons comments makes me think we could use photos for some of these little quiz time games we play at from time to time too... could be fun. Cheers RicB btw... who was Waldo ?? jason kanter wrote: >Speaking for myself, I looked at the picture and noted the coloring and >shape and size of the hammers, admired the hammer line, saw with a frown the >jack was not nicely positioned under the knuckle, noted that the flash had a >reflection on many but not all the drop screws, admired the jack's >regulating button, and went on; then read Ric's comment, went BACK to the >picture, studied those pixels of the knuckle core, thought "Omigod, Ric >analyzed the action geometry," noted that the knuckle core seemed to have an >angle in it as if it had been broken? > >Where's Waldo is a good analogy. We should analyze photos more - a form of >puzzler. > > > > >>>> <>The knuckle core seems to be very much t ilted towards the >>>> hammer...which changes the shank ratio from the intended one, in >>>> this case >>>> increaseing the leverage of the shank. >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> RicB >>> >> <>Thanks for explanation, Ric. Avery wasn't the only one that didn't >> get it. You know, this happens quite a bit when a comment is made >> that goesover alot of heads. I'm not intending to pick on Ric here. >> Let's remember that the audience on this list is pretty big, lots of >> people reading that don't have the experience of many of you guys. >> Please be careful to not assume too much, especially when it would >> take just another sentence or two (like inthis case) to more fully >> explain. Thanks! Dean >
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