The concept we are talking about is the leverage that is produced from going from a narrow girth (under the clamp) to an expanded girth ( the ballooned tunica) in a very short distance.
We are speculating that this is producing a leverage force to the tunica, stretching the tissue to a greater degree than pure ballooning will.
This is like the difference between a straight out stretch and a V stretch. The V-stretch is using a leverage factor that multiplies the force.
We are basing this on the observation that clamping is done at the base, and most clampers get the greatest width expansion at the base UNDER THE CLAMPED area.
Intuitively, you would think that you would see the least expansion under the clamp…but we see the opposite. Our explanation is merely our attempt to come up with an explanation for what we are seeing.
THEREFORE, it may very well be that a wider clamp might actually PREVENT the effect. The question is…if you constrict a ballooned tunica, how far beyond the constriction does the additional stretch extend.
I would say (for now) look at where you clamp, look at how far the increased expansion of the base goes beyond the clamp area…and you will have some idea of the range.
So, lets say that you find that the base expands mostly one inch past the clamp’s center, what if you have a 3 inch wide clamp? Will that minimize the effect towards the center of the clamp? I suspect that it will.
I experimented with bicycle inner tube pumping, and that’s what I found. The vacuum causes the penis to expand, which if the forces are great enough, will stretch the tunica.
The constriction of the inner tube is strong enough that it prevents the expansion of the tunica. You could look at it like one giant flexible clamp. However, if I was to use a 1 inch band of inner tube around the middle of my shaft…and THEN PUMP, I suspect that area would stretch the tunica to a greater degree than the unbanded area.
To confirm this theory, some of you clampers out there could try using your clamp mid shaft for a couple weeks and see if that girth begins to catch up with the base girth.
If it does, then we could probably assume that this theory has some validity.
The next experiment would be to see how many clamps could be placed together and still see the effect.
Right now I think we can assume up to 2…past that would be the question.
Like I said, I think at some point the effect will disappear as it becomes SUPPORT instead of stress.
If this wasn’t true, the inner tube pumping would have worked, and when (S&G?) used multiple clamps on the entire length… that would have worked too….it doesn’t.
So my recommendation is to either limit the width for now if you want to go into production, or wait until this question can be answered before you go into production.
If you spend a bunch of money and find it is too wide to work…that would be a real shame.