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Re: Straightening technic tubing?
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lugnet.technic
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Thu, 22 Nov 2001 22:03:05 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, James Brown writes:
> > 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.
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. It would be a nice experiment to see if the tube
stays relatively straight after you remove the needle. Or the other way
around, constrain the tube in a (not too closely) fitting external tube.
Greetings, M. Moolhuysen.
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 | | Re: Straightening technic tubing?
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| One thing I would suggest trying (on a tube you can afford to loose!) is to put a piece of wire (or whatever) in the tube, and then put it in a sunny place for a day. Somewhere like a well lit window-sill. Allow it to cool by itself at the end of (...) (23 years ago, 23-Nov-01, to lugnet.technic)
| | | Re: Straightening technic tubing?
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| Hello all, (...) tube (...) How about these technic bricks 1 x 2 with hole. You can put them thru these. Probably they will not end up straight but atleast not bend. Of course you have to leave it a couple of days to rest... Greetings Maico Arts (23 years ago, 24-Nov-01, to lugnet.technic)
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