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  Re: Help with waist design
 
(...) I have had good luck with a very 'low tech' solution to the 4x4 turntable: I just looped a rubber band (from an old Technic set!) around the 'base' piece, so that the 'top' piece sat over it in two spots. The rubber gave some friction between (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
 
  Re: Help with waist design
 
(...) I used pretty much the same approach to tighten the 2x2 turntables -- I put a piece of paper in between the top and the bottom halves. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
 
  Re: Help with waist design
 
Me, too. Ben -- Ben Vaughan ben@marsbase.com (URL) <jsproat@io.com> wrote in message news:38CEAFB4.B60590...@io.com... (...) using (...) piece, (...) it to! (...) put a (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
 
  Re: Help with waist design
 
(...) Thanks for the suggestion. Due to the weight of the torso, which will increase, I ended up using a regular rubber band doubled on the outer ring and saran wrap on the inner ring. Travis (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)

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