The short answer is no ..... I have long held the opinion that, in our sizes, things are happening far too quickly for such an infinestable error to make any difference > Moving the topic slightly, there's an article in this month's EIM about > Walschaerts valve gear. hear the author mentions a 0.010 inch lead. My > question is this: Would such a small lead make that much difference even > though it is a non negligible portion of the valve travel? Is it fair to > consider steam as totally fluid on such a macro scale, and wouldn't > turbulent effects etc mitigate against small differences just as 12 inch > to the foot steam, small orifices gave 'wire drawing' effects akin to > increasing supoerheat? > Peter Chadwick > Swindon > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line. > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.