Re: ShopTalk: A Stupid/confusing Experiment

2003-02-08 Thread Alan Brooks
03 8:39 AM Subject: Re: ShopTalk: A Stupid/confusing Experiment Hi John, There are no stupid experiments.  They all have some merit (I'm an experimentalist).  I think you are right, the paint has a very low modulus, most plastics are three orders of magnitude down from graphite, but the paint

Re: ShopTalk: A Stupid/confusing Experiment

2003-02-08 Thread Al Taylor
urday, February 08, 2003 4:09 AM Subject: ShopTalk: A Stupid/confusing Experiment Hi Folks,   You can tell it's really cold in Wisconsin and I've got too much time on my hands.   I've always wondered why some graphite shaft manufacturers paint their shafts to look like lolly pops. It alw

Re: ShopTalk: A Stupid/confusing Experiment

2003-02-08 Thread Steve \"Cub\" Culbreth
John,   You're right ;-)   Cub - Original Message - From: John Kaufman To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 4:09 AM Subject: ShopTalk: A Stupid/confusing Experiment Hi Folks,   You can tell it's really cold in Wisconsin and I&

Re: ShopTalk: A Stupid/confusing Experiment

2003-02-08 Thread John Kaufman
ts of paint Apache could have truned that shaft into an X flex.   Cheers, John K - Original Message - From: Alan Brooks To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 8:39 AM Subject: Re: ShopTalk: A Stupid/confusing Experiment Hi John,There are no s

Re: ShopTalk: A Stupid/confusing Experiment

2003-02-08 Thread Lloyd Hackman
frequency.   llhack - Original Message - From: Alan Brooks To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 6:39 AM Subject: Re: ShopTalk: A Stupid/confusing Experiment Hi John,There are no stupid experiments.  They all have some merit (I'm an experiment

RE: ShopTalk: A Stupid/confusing Experiment

2003-02-08 Thread Donald Johnson
Behalf Of John Kaufman Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 8:09 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ShopTalk: A Stupid/confusing Experiment   Hi Folks,   You can tell it's really cold in Wisconsin and I've got too much time on my hands.   I've always wondered wh

Re: ShopTalk: A Stupid/confusing Experiment

2003-02-08 Thread Alan Brooks
Hi John, There are no stupid experiments.  They all have some merit (I'm an experimentalist).  I think you are right, the paint has a very low modulus, most plastics are three orders of magnitude down from graphite, but the paint is at the very outside of the beam and that low modulus material may

Re: ShopTalk: A Stupid/confusing Experiment

2003-02-08 Thread Mark A Patton
John I'll try to send you some warm FL weather. Are you sure your gas heater isn't leaking? :-) Mark John Kaufman wrote: Hi Folks,   You can tell it's really cold in Wisconsin and I've got too much time on my hands.   I've always wondered why some graphit

ShopTalk: A Stupid/confusing Experiment

2003-02-08 Thread John Kaufman
Hi Folks,   You can tell it's really cold in Wisconsin and I've got too much time on my hands.   I've always wondered why some graphite shaft manufacturers paint their shafts to look like lolly pops. It always seemd to me that the advantage of graphite was it's very high stiffness relative to