Not meaning to quibble, but I do not see how attaching a piece of
metal, held by a quarter-inch threaded screw, can possibly increase
the strength on an object with a weak point the screw doesn't
penetrate - Jim Greaves

At 01:00 PM 8/15/2009, tweeters-request at mailman2.u.washington.edu wrote:
>others use the
>removable plate, some of whom will not even consider using the
>foot without it, because the foot seems too flimsy.