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 Re: How do you define facing length?
Author: JTJC 
Date:   2022-10-03 20:47

Thanks Dan.

I have a Wanne glass. Yes, it looks well made and a quality item. However, I think the lines are far too thick, which your photo illustrates. That makes determining an accurate reading more difficult. It becomes a matter of judgement rather than just reading off the scale whether a measurement is nearer any particular subdivision of a mm. So for example, I find whether a reading is 15.6 or 15.7 is difficult to determine. However, Mojo says he goes to that level and its overkill.

I seem to remember reading a quote on this board that one of the American mouthpiece greats, Matson I think, said something to the effect that within 0.3mm it didn't matter and the effect on playability wasn't noticeable. If that's the case the Wanne guage might be accurate enough. Provided that is, it's used consistently. It takes time to learn use one of those glasses. Even holding it in exactly the same place against the mouthpiece as you go through all the feeler guages and record the readings really hurts your thumb. If you slip even a little you have to start all over.

That's why I've tried to look for another, less painful, method of doing it. A digital dial guage with data output might provide the basis for a solution.
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Dan Shusta 2022-10-03 02:25 
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Mojo 2022-10-03 17:33 
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JTJC 2022-10-03 20:47 
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Paul Aviles 2022-10-03 23:19 
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Dan Shusta 2022-10-04 01:08 
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JTJC 2022-10-04 17:38 
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Dan Shusta 2022-10-04 20:23 
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Dan Shusta 2022-10-10 03:27 
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