------=_NextPart_000_00AE_01C53F47.43205EF0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable If a bell is missing the leather washers, what, and how serious are the pro= blems is it likely to cause?=20 Is it known to crack bells, cause bearing/frame/tower problems? I would gue= ss that it probably doesn't do anything to prevent the clapper bush wearing= out due to the extra shock, as it acts more like a percussion sledgehammer= knocking away on the tower through the frame each time the bell strikes, a= nd the more play (wear) in the clapper bush the more effective it would be = at doing so. I will have to point the lack of washers out to the steeplekeeper. Philip. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Richard Offen=20 To: bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com=20 Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 9:37 AM Subject: Re: [Bell Historians] leather washers --- In bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com, matthewhigby@a... wrote: >=20=20 >=20=20 > In a message dated 11/04/2005 23:41:42 GMT Standard Time,=20 richard@s...=20=20 > writes: >=20 > Why bother to make them when you can buy them 'off the shelf' from=20 > Whitechapel (other bell hangers may well do them too) - they'll=20 even=20 > sell you tapered ones for odd struck bells on headstocks without=20 > twiddle pins! >=20 > R >=20 >=20 >=20 > Because, like most things from WBF - they are very expensive! I=20=20 think they=20 > cost about =A33.50 + VAT last time I asked. >=20=20 > M >=20=20 > Matthew Higby & Co Ltd, > Church Bell Engineers. > Jasmine Cottage, > The Street, > Chilcompton, > Bath, > BA3 4HN. I know I'll be accused of being biased, etc, but I would have said=20 that it was a small price to pay for a component that's going to last=20 and last and will help prevent clappers falling out at inconvenient=20 moments! I'm sure similar washers can be purchased from other, non-bell=20 industry, suppliers - I'm not aware that WBF manufacture the flat=20 washers themselves (they certainly make the tappered ones). R ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- Yahoo! Groups Links a.. To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bellhistorians/ =20=20=20=20=20=20 b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: bellhistorians-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com =20=20=20=20=20=20 c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service= .=20 ------=_NextPart_000_00AE_01C53F47.43205EF0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
If a bell is missing the leather washers, = what, and=20 how serious are the problems is it likely to cause?
Is it known to crack bells, cause=20 bearing/frame/tower problems? I would guess that it probably doesn't do any= thing=20 to prevent the clapper bush wearing out due to the extra shock, as it = acts=20 more like a percussion sledgehammer knocking away on the tower through the = frame=20 each time the bell strikes, and the more play (wear) in the clapper bush th= e=20 more effective it would be at doing so.
 
I will have to point the lack of washers o= ut to the=20 steeplekeeper.
 
Philip.
 
 
----- Original Message -----
Fro= m:=20 Richard Offen<= /A>=20
To: bellhistorians@yahoogroups= com=20
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 9:37= =20 AM
Subject: Re: [Bell Historians] lea= ther=20 washers


--- In bellhistorians@yahoogroups= com,=20 matthewhigby@a... wrote:
>&nb= sp;=20
> 
> In a message dated 11/04/2005 23:41:42 GMT Standa= rd=20 Time,
richard@s... 
>=20 writes:
>
> Why  bother to make them when you can buy t= hem=20 'off the shelf' from
> Whitechapel  (other bell hangers may w= ell=20 do them too) - they'll
even
> sell you tapered  ones for = odd=20 struck bells on headstocks without
> twiddle  pins!
>=20
> R
>
>
>
> Because, like most things f= rom=20 WBF - they are very expensive! I 
think they
> cost about= =20 =A33.50 + VAT last time I asked.
> 
> M
>  <= BR>>=20 Matthew Higby  & Co Ltd,
> Church Bell Engineers.
>= =20 Jasmine Cottage,
> The  Street,
> Chilcompton,
>=20 Bath,
> BA3 4HN.

I know I'll be accused of being biased, etc= , but=20 I would have said
that it was a small price to pay for a component th= at's=20 going to last
and last and will help prevent clappers falling out at= =20 inconvenient
moments!

I'm sure similar washers can be purchase= d=20 from other, non-bell
industry, suppliers - I'm not aware that WBF=20 manufacture the flat
washers themselves (they certainly make the tapp= ered=20 ones).

R



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