Expert: Chip Aki - 4/19/2006

Question
11/32 if using grips, so maintaining the 3/4" seperation with the combination of pitches in the finger span will do this.
Guess my biggest question in how to tell what lateral pitch a hand actually needs on the middle and ring fingers.
Thanks Skip.

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Followup To
Question -
Skip.
One more question....
If the variables are such with the lateral pitch in the fingers, why not just start with 3/8 left and 3/8 right ?
This would keep the fingers from intersecting at the bottom of the holes and maintain an equal Left to Right finger lateral pitch....
Thanks again.
Jim
Answer -
That is an option.  However, with the other pitches I mentioned, the fingers will not meet at the bottom, unless you use big holes and drill them really deep.

Chip

Answer
If you see any extreme seperation of the gripping fingers while in the flexed position, you could pitch the fingers in that direction.  My middle finger actually angles towards the ring finger when I do this, so I pitch the middle finger a little right and just add that amount to the normal pitch right for the ring finger to keep the holes from meeting at the bottom.

Chip