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Bob Darrah wrote:

Charlie and Tupper England wrote:

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You can stack these to double or triple the force.
You can flip them over and run them back to back
to  halve the force with twice the deflection.

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Charlie questioned the statement:

"to  halve the force with twice the deflection."

is what would confuse me. Would it not be one or the other? Twice the
deflection = same deflection from each washer as original single washer
= original force. (?)

Charlie

Charlie, you are absolutely correct!  Paul, I think you are reading Charlie's
question incorrectly.  You have explained it correctly elsewhere.



 Bob Darrah

No! I know what he is saying.
It should have been :

"to  halve the force or twice the deflection."

Or something to that effect.

Paul Lamar
 
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