I was intrigued by the wire tension meter. I've been thinking for some
time about making something similar for checking Philly tension.
I was thinking of a length of wood (2 x 2?) with 2 dowels (or maybe
something stronger) spaced a suitable distance apart along the centre
line of the wood. To use it, you'd place one dowel on top of the Philly
and one on the bottom. Then measure the force required to line the wood
up with the Philly that isn't between the two dowels. An alternate
description which may work better - put the wood against the Philly such
that the Philly is between the two dowels. Turn the wood so the two
dowels put tension on the Philly. Measure the force required to line
the wood up with the Philly.
Anybody tried anything like this?
Maybe the one presented on the web site would work as is but wouldn't
the calibration depend on the elasticity and diameter of the material
being tensioned?
73, Jim Smith VE7FO
Robert Chudek wrote:
>
>A simple wire tension meter:
>http://www.foothill.net/~ringram/tension.htm
>
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