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Re: Garage doors, partial Technic
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lugnet.technic
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Sat, 1 Jan 2005 23:44:21 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Jindrich Kubec wrote:
> Ross Crawford wrote:
> > Do you need both rubber bands? Removing one would decrease the tension, but not
> > provide as much help opening the door. I think the basic mechanism is very neat.
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> Removing the rubber bands doesn't help. The bands are not the worst
> problem, it's the size of the standard bush which creates the tension.
> I've tried to replace it with standard pin, but the bands were
> constantly falling off.
Have you tried the pin with towball?
http://guide.lugnet.com/partsref/search.cgi?q=50
> I've got now an idea and replaced the 1x1 brick
> above the locked bush with 1x1 round brick - it seems that the groove
> around the round brick's base helps a bit. It also seems that the
> 'groove' which guides the top of the doors is one plate higher than
> needed, I'll try to fix that in the next version. I'm also planning to
> make the doors 2 studs higher, I want them to be doors in fire station's
> garage for the new fire engine.
Let us know how it goes!
ROSCO
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