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 Re: So why are shorter facings less popular?
Author: Caroline Smale 
Date:   2010-11-30 19:10

There is often confusion over the actual "length" of a lay.
The Brand system and I believe most US makers adopt the length as between the tip and point where a 1.5 thou feeler stops.
I actual fact the real length (to the point where the lay starts to diverge from the flat table) is somewhat longer - can be 1-3 mm longer.
Just try substituting the 1.5 feeler for a piece of burnished and straight cut kitchen foil (typically 0.5 thou) and see how much further this goes in, and thats not the whole length.
Some makers specify this full length as the lay length.
I am pretty sure Vandoren used this approach for a long time but may have swapped to the Brand approach now.



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