[MHml] mast woes

[Roy Mills]

At 01:13 AM 10/17/06, you wrote
         Not sure I follow that. I agree that for a given length of 
material under a given stretch load a piece half as long will only 
stretch half as much, but surely when one links the two halves 
together the total stretch will add up to being the same as for the 
full length piece, plus any tolerance in the linkage.

>Hi Peter
>    Long rod sections stretch, you can go to a larger size to stop 
> it, or you can put a link at the spreader.
>Mike
>
>Peter Southwood <peter.southwood at telkomsa.net> wrote:
>Hi Mike,
>Whar is the point of cutting the span in half in this way?
>Cheers,
>Peter