> Thanks so much George & Justin ... stiction sounds plausible > Gus There is a reason that balance scales use a knife edge on a hard stone like= agate as the balance point. I remember my dad telling me that he and the g= uy he worked for had replaced a broken balance edge with a brass one they m= ade. Ended up with an inspector from weights and measures department coming= around to interview them and tell them not to do it again. --=20 Scanned by iCritical. --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .