06-13-2018, 09:03 PM
I don't know how differing tensions affect the cut pressure, but I'm all about trying to reduce/eliminate variables when testing.
I experimented with this tension thing at first Ed. If you really bear down on the test media maybe 10 or 15 grams lower on a fairly sharp edge. Sometimes you might think that you're seeing more than that but you might just have hit a little sharper part of the edge too. Could be more than 10 or 15, I don't know with duller edges. I just got in the habit of doing it like the instruction manual says and pull the slack out then tighten the screw. So now I don't worry about it and my numbers are just fine. Seems to me like someone said a 100 grams of tension. That's maybe 3 ounces and that's next to nothing. I think that's what pulling the slack out is, next to nothing.To me its like taking my blood pressure at home. If I hold my arm too high I get a low number and if it's too low low I get a high number. So I hold it right where the doctor told me and I'm all good. My blood pressure isn't all good but my doctor seems happy and that's the important thing.
I experimented with this tension thing at first Ed. If you really bear down on the test media maybe 10 or 15 grams lower on a fairly sharp edge. Sometimes you might think that you're seeing more than that but you might just have hit a little sharper part of the edge too. Could be more than 10 or 15, I don't know with duller edges. I just got in the habit of doing it like the instruction manual says and pull the slack out then tighten the screw. So now I don't worry about it and my numbers are just fine. Seems to me like someone said a 100 grams of tension. That's maybe 3 ounces and that's next to nothing. I think that's what pulling the slack out is, next to nothing.To me its like taking my blood pressure at home. If I hold my arm too high I get a low number and if it's too low low I get a high number. So I hold it right where the doctor told me and I'm all good. My blood pressure isn't all good but my doctor seems happy and that's the important thing.