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richie7799us
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Sirs, could someone please explain to me what makes a Mitchell 400 high speed. Also, what is the difference between a blue 400 and a black 400.
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Bonaventure
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Hello,

The Mitchell 400 has a higher gear ratio than the 300. I think the 300 is about 3.5 to 1, whereas the 400 is 5 to 1. These are approximate numbers. For every time a 300 handle is turned, the rotating head revolves 3.5 times. Five times for the 400, hence high speed.

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G. Glen Simpson
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... using a different set of gears.


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A blue 400 would be an earlier one.

Nor sure when black came in, but the last ones made in Taiwan were black.

This is exactly the sort of information the original site had...a huge body of work by Wallace.

I hope we can get it back one day.


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