[ARC5] [Boatanchors] BC-348 Backlash Suggestions

[J. Forster]

Actually, I believe 'backlash' is a one-dimensional subset of 'play' that
applies to gears and linkages.

A shaft can have radial or end play.

IMO, backlash is the correct word-of-art for rotational slop in gear trains.

YMPV,

-John

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>   73 de Les Smith
>   vk2bcu at operamail.com
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> To quote Richard Knoppow:   "Most of the so-called anti-backlash
> arrangements of gears is really to eliminate play."
> So we really mean anti-play arrangement, not anti-backlash.
>
> I like your precise use of language, Richard.
> We (humans) often fail to use the correct word or term.
>
> For example it's more common to see "mHz" (meaning one thousandth of a
> Hertz - a very low frequency) rather than MHz.
>
> Les
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