Re: [CR]Re: Really strange find in Rene Herse bicycle

(Example: Production Builders:Teledyne)

Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 09:52:14 -0500
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Re: Really strange find in Rene Herse bicycle
References: <aa8099de0704151045q7550f31evf8945bb7e2fa7aec@mail.gmail.com> <6.2.3.4.2.20070415115046.0b946538@pop.gassworks.com>
In-Reply-To: <6.2.3.4.2.20070415115046.0b946538@pop.gassworks.com>
From: "John Thompson" <johndthompson@gmail.com>


Mitchell Gass wrote:
> For some audio equipment, such as speaker and turntable stands, there
> are people who fill the insides with lead shot to dampen vibrations. The
> metal beads in your frame could have been someone's attempt - I'm
> assuming not Herse's - to dampen an unwanted vibration.

Also used in tools, e.g. "dead blow hammers" where you don't want any rebound from the strike: http://www.bostonindustrial.com/316deha.html

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John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA