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Re: stiff balls
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Date: 
Thu, 21 Nov 2002 20:36:33 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Jason Coronado writes:
i found an idea posted by someone (i can't remember who) who mentioned that
if you cut a small piece (about a centimeter) of a small rubber hose (like
the pneumatic tubing only smaller) and place it in the socket, it increases
friction substantially in the ball joint.  the kind of hose i used was the
brown tubing found in the technic destroyer droid.  i use it on all 7 ball
joints of my newest mech and it works really well! try it.  i'm not sure
what other sets have this kind of tubing, but i can tell you that the
technic figure that came with the pneumatic submarine (it's an old one) has
two yellow hoses that are perfect to use.  hope this helps.



The builder's name is Geordan Hankinson and the stiffening technique is
located here:

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=24017



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i found an idea posted by someone (i can't remember who) who mentioned that if you cut a small piece (about a centimeter) of a small rubber hose (like the pneumatic tubing only smaller) and place it in the socket, it increases friction substantially (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)

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