I like that indicator point better than the mushroom on the earlier lashup. I think you'll be happy you added the little leaf spring as you should get constant contact of the anvil on the barrel wall. Larger diameter outside rod is also a good idea and something I should have thought about when I made mine. Suspended overhead, deflection of rods should be more or less constant also unless you're making a conscious effort to use the barrelset as a lever. All of this stuff requires "the touch of a young woman" and unfortunately that touch (at least for measuring tools) seems to reside more often in men and particularly you machinists. I'm just a poor guesstimating carpenter so I hook the yoyo on the end and make a hashmark and cut it off 17 times until it's short enuf to fit in the scrapbin and start over. But I respect what we're trying to accomplish and also have a lot of respect for the late Dr. Gaddy's problem-solving. If we waited for me to invent the wheel, we'd still be on log rollers.
jack
