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Re: Strengthening Gears
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lugnet.technic
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Tue, 5 Mar 2002 01:11:26 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Thomas Avery writes:
> I recently received an email from someone about strengthening gears. This
> person claims that by boiling the gears and then cooling them with cold
> water, their strength will increase.
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> Has anyone tried this? What were your results?
I don't think I'd want to try this. There's a reason that LEGO recommends
washing the parts only in *warm* water: if you used hot water, the plastic
will start to deform. Some instructions specifically state this. For
example: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=131756
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David Schilling
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| In lugnet.technic, David Schilling writes: <snip> (...) single piece by itself will deform. If you handle it carefully (i.e. don't squeeze it hard by picking it out of the boiling water with tongs), it may not deform. But then I don't know at what (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| I recently received an email from someone about strengthening gears. This person claims that by boiling the gears and then cooling them with cold water, their strength will increase. Has anyone tried this? What were your results? TJ (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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