lame test weight

[El Chucko]

I am looking for a weight to test lames.

I would prefer a foil test weight (or a combo weight) that also happens to have a hole drilled in it for the tester lead/wire and is shaped appropriately to run along the lame material.

Who sells these? Why aren't ALL combo/test weights designed to function as a lame tester? There is no disadvantage that I can see.

[mrbiggs]

http://sword-masters.com/catalog/pro...roducts_id=180

You get a multimeter with it, but hopefully that's not a big deal. There are other manufacturers who sell them, I think, I just can't remember who off the top of my head.

Anyway, it's a lot cheaper to make a water bottle one and it's easier to transport. I can't help you with making one, though.

[SJCFU#2]

Tripplette's combination weight can also be used as a lame tester.

Technically the TCA weight might not be considered "legal" because it is made of stainless steel and the rules specify brass or copper. However the last time I looked Uhlmann's lame tester is also stainless steel, as is just about any weight intended to satisfy the latest ISO standard for calibration and test weights, so it's probably just another case of an old rule that no one has bothered to bring into the later half of the twentieth-century.

Or you can simply make your own - the main points are contained in rule m.28, paragraph (a) (i.e. 500 grams weight, hemispherical end with 4mm radius).

[remise]

I got mine from Leon Paul, which is very nice.

[yeoldearmourer]

I make a water bottle tester with a brass rod, and I also make a insert for a 500 gram again the insert is brass rod .www.yeoldearmourer.com

[larkmaj]

Originally Posted by SJCFU#2

Tripplette's combination weight can also be used as a lame tester.

Technically the TCA weight might not be considered "legal" because it is made of stainless steel and the rules specify brass or copper. However the last time I looked Uhlmann's lame tester is also stainless steel, as is just about any weight intended to satisfy the latest ISO standard for calibration and test weights, so it's probably just another case of an old rule that no one has bothered to bring into the later half of the twentieth-century.

Or you can simply make your own - the main points are contained in rule m.28, paragraph (a) (i.e. 500 grams weight, hemispherical end with 4mm radius).

There is no other reason for the material requirement than that was what it was initially made out of. Also, Uhlmann's general take on things they make wrong is "if you don't like the way we do things, change the rules to accomodate".

[DHCJr]

Originally Posted by larkmaj

There is no other reason for the material requirement than that was what it was initially made out of. Also, Uhlmann's general take on things they make wrong is "if you don't like the way we do things, change the rules to accomodate".

That is a good definition of Uhlmann. At the '84 Olympics that was very apparent. The rule M.51.6 states the reset must be on the top or the front. Also the clock must be visible. The problem is the reset was on one side of the box and the clock on the other.

Also the lame' tester that Uhlmann made was not only made of steel, but it had a 4mm diameter

The water bottle is good, but for me I prefer a combi weight. I've made my own out of a brass Prieur weight, adding a probe to the end of the threaded part, drill out a hole and then calibrate.

[LordShout]

For testing my own lames I've always just used a bodycord, and hand pressure. Works good enough to find the deadspots and doesn't require anything special.

[fencerbill]

Get a 5/16 inch brass toilet bolt set and a 500 ml water bottle. Cut the head off the bolt, put it in a drill and use sand paper (very coarse, coarse, then fine) to round the end. Make a hole in the bottle cap, use a little goop to stop leaks and tighten the nuts from the kit on both sides of the cap. The full water bottle with the bolt will be about 550 grams so leave a little water out. You should be able to do it for about $5.