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Old 06-12-2008, 04:50 PM
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Well, it not about how much the screw can take before it bends or breaks.
It is about (elastic) bending and, consequently, vibration or swinging or mechanical/positional stability and resistance to wind gushes etc.
Bigger is always better (in astronomy, that is..)
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