I, wisely, avoid debate with The Kalgoorlie Kid, having gotten so much good info from him that I would buy the face-to-face crab were I in his area of WA. I guess I'm safe on that, for now. I recently did some research that tells me that Perth is about as far away on earth as one can get from where I live, while still being on land. However, Kalgoorlie, not being Perth, puts Richard conveniently closeby to Chicago.
In any case, it seems that by the strictest concept, one could say that an unusual amount of force is applied by those tabs that do touch and, therefore, the basket is likely to get slightly more worn at those spots. While I also think it must not matter very much, if it were easy to get a perfect result one might try it. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem that easy. One would need to confirm that the leading edges of the tabs on the stamped plates were all perfectly 45 degrees apart. Then, the chainwheel would need to be adressed for the same quality. So, after you've removed any bindy little ridges, like the man says, best to go with "it doesn't matter."
Richard L.
Oops, edited. The inner tabs don't really matter with respect to the outers, but the same issue could be considered for the inners.
