"Andy" > wrote in message ...
> l, not -l said...
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>> On 2-Sep-2009, Andy > wrote:
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>>> I have the 16 blade Jaccard. I'd advise against the 32 blade model.
>>> Why? It
>>> takes A LOT more elbow grease to punch 32 holes into the meat. A ton of
>>> a whole lot more!!!
>>
>> You need to eat more spinach. I have a 48 blade Deni and have no
>> difficulty using it to punch bunches of holes. While I'm sure a 16
>> would require less effort, the 48 is not difficult. For an office-based
>> analogy, I'd liken the difference to using a stapler on two sheets and
>> using a 3-hole punch on a few.
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>
> Precisely the wrong analogy!
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>
Actually comparing a stapler to a hole punch is a pretty good analogy...
every toolmaker knows that the more area being pierced the more pressure
required... matters not that it's many small holes or a few large holes so
long as the material being pierced is the same thickness in each case. So
yes, the more blades the more pressure required with the Jaquard... all else
equal a 16 blade Jaquard will require exactly twice the pressure of an eight
blade Jaquard. With this type of tool the more one weighs and the taller
they are the less effort they will need to exert... it's all about weight
and possessing the leverage to apply it.