From jblann1@yahoo.com Sat Aug 12 19:23:52 2006
Subject:Re: New clone ? (B-Free)

Wj's got an excellent point. For starters you better keep up
religiously on your oiling, but in the end, it may be possible that
the original TWG in original position (upright and straight) may far
outlast on possible on its side. Mr Hammond was a clockmaker, and
probably knew what he was doing when he designed it... 50 years later
and how many TWG's going strong?

> There's something "out of tune" about the mechanics of normally
> vertical tonewheels spinning on a horizontal shaft, turned on their
> sides with the shaft vertical to add in the force of gravity. What's
> done to compensate for that, to keep the wheels from wearing their
> down-side centers against the shaft and going elliptical, or to keep
> each tonewheel at a 90 degree angle to the shaft and its individual
> pickup?
>
> Walter j
>