25-02-2021, 09:29 PM
Hello Steve.
Yes I have used it several times. It is very easy to use, and gives very accurate results.
I was a bit axious about showing it on this forum, as it looks so amaturish, but twenty five years ago I had already started on the rods of the engine I was preparing when I saw a similar device, so knocked this one up in a great hurry, meaning to make a better one later, but it worked so well I didn't bother.
I was lucky with springs, as in a previous life I was a service engineer, and our machines used lots of diferent springs. I have wondered if rubber bands would do the job, or would they not be consistent enough?
Any way I found it a lot easier than faffing around with scales, so good luck with you efforts.
Cliff.
Yes I have used it several times. It is very easy to use, and gives very accurate results.
I was a bit axious about showing it on this forum, as it looks so amaturish, but twenty five years ago I had already started on the rods of the engine I was preparing when I saw a similar device, so knocked this one up in a great hurry, meaning to make a better one later, but it worked so well I didn't bother.
I was lucky with springs, as in a previous life I was a service engineer, and our machines used lots of diferent springs. I have wondered if rubber bands would do the job, or would they not be consistent enough?
Any way I found it a lot easier than faffing around with scales, so good luck with you efforts.
Cliff.