Filled My Grippers...

[QuietSet]

Hey,

I have an HG150 and HG200. I filed one handle of each one about 1/4". Is there any way of knowing how close to a #2 the filed HG200 should be? I dont have a #2 and probably wont have one for a little while, but I was hoping someone with more experience could offer a rule-of-thumb estimate or something. Anyone know how close a filed 200 is to a #2 on average? For a reference of how much harder they are to close now, the filed 150 feels about like the 200 before i filed it, and I am about 1/4" or so away from closing the filed HG200.

Thanks for any help/guesses.

Edited December 14, 2006 by QuietSet

[Teemu I]

I'd guesstimate your filed HG 200 to be closer to CoC #1 than #2.

[GetAGrip87]

A filed HG200 is still pretty far off from a #2

[Revtor]

The gripper will require the same force as it always did for the whole sweep. No harder. Except for the fact that it now has to be crushed 1/4" more to completely crush it, which your muscles probably aren't trained for so THAT part (last 1/4") will feel harder.

I like using my filed grippers for working out that last few mm's of a crush which is aways the hardest part for me.

~Steve

[diesel]

The gripper will require the same force as it always did for the whole sweep. No harder. Except for the fact that it now has to be crushed 1/4" more to completely crush it, which your muscles probably aren't trained for so THAT part (last 1/4") will feel harder.

I like using my filed grippers for working out that last few mm's of a crush which is aways the hardest part for me.

~Steve

does filing a gripper prove to yield a higher calibration than a non-filed gripper? or is this completely determined by spring size, and not by the distance between handles (thus making the calibrations equal)?

[Crotchulla]

I always thought that the gripper gets harder as you close it more and more. So logically, doing a BTR close should make it harder. It has greatly improved my left hand crush strength. But then again, I'm not a gripper, so I don't know how it really feels.

[CoC#3]

A filed HG200 will be harder than a #1 but not close to a #2.

[QuietSet]

Thanks for the info! Hopefully I'll get a #2 in the near future so I'll know what exactly I'm working towards.

[acorn]

When I filed my BBSA it went from about a #1 level to about a #1.5. As you compress the spring further it will gain more tension.

- Aaron