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Re: Backlash
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2005 May 25, 06:29 -0400
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2005 May 25, 06:29 -0400
On May 25, 2005, at 3:51 AM, Alexandre Eremenko wrote: > In Freiberg, they had one Freiberger cut with its trommel open > on display. But I had no time to examine it carefully, > busy with trying their art horizon:-) > > The art horizon I decided not to buy (it was quite expensive, > even after the negotiations), but the main reason was that it is > very hard to install/adjust. > It is adjusted with two 30" levels (which also need their own > adjustment, > but maybe not every time). We failed to install it horizontally on > their table, apparently because the table was shaking. > Anyway, my conclusion was that this beautiful device is usable only > from > a big and heavy rock. And certainly not from my "shaking balcony". > > Alex. > Alex, I think you might regard your balcony as a stable ship's deck, where artificial horizons also are not usable except under millpond conditions. :).
