Over-Strike vs Under-Strike

Steve Fujan sjfujan at gmail.com
Fri Nov 24 10:47:45 MST 2006


Shifting slightly to the concept of scruffing...    The hammer contact will
always "scruff" towards the hammer pivot axis (unless the pivot axis could
somehow lie in the plane of the string).   The closer the pivot axis is to
the string, the less "scruffing" will occur.
Steve Fujan

On 11/24/06, Joseph Garrett <joegarrett at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Upon reading the follow-ups of Jons query, I'd like to wonder which is
> which. I've always considered "Over-Strike" as the Downward angle of the
> hammer, which would put the hammer Beyond Perpendicular. ??? Am I correct
> on that? If so, then, "Under-Strike" would be, where the hammer does not
> achieve Perpendicular, on contact?? The "Over-Strike" hammer, (on an
> Upright), would "scruff", (for lack of a better word), downward, at
> impact.
> The "Under-Stike" hammer would therefore "scruff" upwards.
> Do I have all of this backwards? Confused minds need to know what the
> consensus is.<G>
>
>
> Joseph Garrett, R.P.T.
> Captain, Tool Police
> Squares R I
>
>
>
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