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Re: Straightening technic tubing?
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lugnet.technic
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Thu, 22 Nov 2001 05:55:55 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, James Brown writes:
> Is there some secret technique to it?
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> I'm talking about the thin semi-rigid tubing that was used in the Podracer
> sets for the "reins" to the engines.
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> I've got them in mind for a current project, but I'd like them straight, and
> most of mine are curved (from being used in sets, or just from storage), and
> they straighten about as well as a pipe cleaner.
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> Any suggestions?
<floating this idea back to the top>
Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
thanks,
James
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| (...) and (...) and (...) Ok, here's what I do :-) You are correct in saying these things are almost never straight, in fact I think the key to their use is to assume that they will *never* be straight. Look at them as splines with the only means (...) (23 years ago, 22-Nov-01, to lugnet.technic)
| | | Re: Straightening technic tubing?
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| (...) They are hollow, so you could insert a straigt wire of a more rigid material, maybe a thin type of knitting needle (the ones used for socks, pointed at both ends) Maybe it even helps to let a tube reinfored this way rest for a couple of days. (...) (23 years ago, 22-Nov-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Straightening technic tubing?
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| Is there some secret technique to it? I'm talking about the thin semi-rigid tubing that was used in the Podracer sets for the "reins" to the engines. I've got them in mind for a current project, but I'd like them straight, and most of mine are (...) (23 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.technic)
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