On 15/04/2020 08:20, alan_m wrote:
On 14/04/2020 22:24, Roger Hayter wrote:
Brian Gaff (Sofa 2) wrote:

Its called a sheet of stout plywood under the scales.
Â* Brian

I am afraid that doesn't work.Â* The gravitationalÂ* force is still
distributed between the elastic deformation of the carpet and of the
transducer.Â* Depending on their moduli.Â* So the scale reads low.


So the scale can never work if you use feet that cut through the carpet
and underlay so the feet touch the floorboards beneath? The floor boards
are no different to the sheet of ply/chip/MDF.


He is talking through his arse
Another example of ALKIADT.

So long as the 4 feet remain the only support points, the scale will
work as intended.

Which IME is not very well really.


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