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Re: Look what I did
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Fri, 25 Oct 2002 14:07:27 GMT
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Well I dunno if its pertinent, but I noticed while building the boom on my
crane http://www.lugnet.com/~469/projects/mobilecrane that the lt grey joiners
had consistently less "stickiness" on the axles than any other colour I used
(white, black, dk grey). If you look closely at this picture
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/RoscoHead/mobilecrane/lift2.jpg you'll see
all the lt grey ones are on top of the boom for exactly that reason (except a
couple that snuck through the quality control...).

But I dunno if it's relevant to your finding or not...

ROSCO

A quick test with two lt grey joiners and three of other colors could
not confirm your results. 1 lt grey was loose, the other was quite
tight. Could it be that you have used your lt greys more than your other
colors, and they are more worn?



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(...) Possibly for some, but that boom used at least 60 (most of which were previously unused), probably half were grey, and I couldn't hold the boom horizontally with the grey ones on the bottom (it would bend and fail), but with them on the top, (...) (22 years ago, 25-Oct-02, to lugnet.technic)

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(...) Well I dunno if its pertinent, but I noticed while building the boom on my crane (URL) that the lt grey joiners had consistently less "stickiness" on the axles than any other colour I used (white, black, dk grey). If you look closely at this (...) (22 years ago, 25-Oct-02, to lugnet.technic)

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