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On The Lead Lap
Posted 28 February 2018 - 12:34 PM
What is everyone using these days to match brush spring tension? I used to have a fiddle stick but it's MIA and no longer available. Plus they were pretty subjective at times anyway.
Short of building my own rig what is out there?
Or if you built one I'd love to hear how you did it.
Thanks.
Posting Leader
Posted 28 February 2018 - 12:41 PM
Post wanted on Racer Swap Shop here. They are merely a reference point, so always use the same one.
Grand Champion Poster
Posted 28 February 2018 - 12:42 PM
Plus they were pretty subjective at times anyway.
I realized that, in about three minutes, when I got back into slot racing, in late '81.
If the long end didn't come of the hook, effortlessly, it was an exercise in futility, and even then, it seemed like repeatability was iffy.
I used Koford springs, stock, 99% of time.
When I didn't, I just matched them visually.
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Posting Leader
Posted 28 February 2018 - 12:58 PM
I have an extra one if you want it. Donate $10 to Slotblog, and send me your address and I will mail it out tomorrow.
Checkered Flag in Hand
Checkered Flag in Hand
Posted 28 February 2018 - 03:41 PM
Posting Leader
Posted 28 February 2018 - 03:47 PM
Trinity had a "Spring Dyno" Was expensive
Age scrubs away speed!
Posted 28 February 2018 - 05:50 PM
R-GEO had a unit that held a spring off of an endbell. You still needed a Fiddle Stick to do the measuring.
Grand Champion Poster
Posted 01 March 2018 - 02:38 PM
I use a fiddle stick along with this little tool built by Rgeo?
Recently I purchased this cheap dial tension gauge to measure the relative spring pressures using the above tool.
fighting the big C since 2014
Posted 26 September 2024 - 04:16 PM
where can a fiddle stick be purchased these days?
Age scrubs away speed!
Posted 26 September 2024 - 04:49 PM
I don't think new ones are still made. Someone may have a used one they want to sell.
