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Re: Strengthening Gears
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Date: 
Tue, 5 Mar 2002 03:13:52 GMT
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On Tue, 5 Mar 2002 00:02:51 GMT, "Thomas Avery"
<thomas.avery@intec-hou.com> wrote:

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

I tried cleaning Lego in boiling water once - it discolours and warps.
(actually, it was Duplo - bought at a garage sale and being sterilized
for the kids, but I have no reason to believe it's made from a
different plastic)

Matthias Jetleb



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  Strengthening Gears
 
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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