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Re: Droopy Star Destroyer
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Fri, 5 Sep 2003 02:19:45 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Kelly McKiernan wrote:
> That's good news... I just checked my beams, but unfortunately four are still
> warped, although I don't think quite as badly as they were before.
ABS plastic has "memory", so if you can heat it up to the right temperature
range, it will relax back into its original shape without slagging. From our
experience at work, you'd need to start around 150 degrees and gradually work
upwards from there (stay below 180 degrees, though), while allowing the core
temperature to equalize with the rest.
Of course, the obvious solution to all of this is to give it a week
right-side up, and then flip it over twice a month. The weight will just bend
them back the other direction.
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| (...) bend (...) If you did this enough times though, wouldn't the beam eventually fatigue and break? Or is ABS resilient to repeated stressing within a limited range of motion? (21 years ago, 5-Sep-03, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Droopy Star Destroyer
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| (...) That's good news... I just checked my beams, but unfortunately four are still warped, although I don't think quite as badly as they were before. If/when I rebuild, I'll make sure to use Jordan's reversing suggestion, if the beams fit that is. (...) (21 years ago, 4-Sep-03, to lugnet.starwars)
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