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Re: Removing magnets from 70's trainbases
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 19 May 2003 16:21:59 GMT
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On Mon, 19 May 2003 09:34:47 GMT, you wrote:
> Ben Wrote:
> > Congrats Niels!
> >
> > You have had some luck and a good hand in your job. And I think you have done
> > it absolutely right to have tried first to bring out the broken magnets.
> >
> > I tried the same a few years ago and in one out of two cases I broke the
> > intact
> > magnets while I tried to disassable them. :-(
> > Is there any trick you have used (except from the paper)?
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> I have no other trick than the paper and push through the hole.
> Start pussing gently, don't use too much force. When this does
> not work, push a little harder with short pushes. With short
> pushes I mean a push that is just enough for the magnet leave
> the hole, don't shoot it through the room ;-)
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> In the past (80's/90's) I had one magnet broken and I glued the
> parts together with some additional plastic at the bottom to make
> it a little stronger. Okay, this is not 100% Lego anymore, but it
> makes the broken part usable again (try to find some plastic in
> the same color as the broken magnet).
If gluing does not work, I have some of the spare parts packs 1109
available. Please email me for details - 2 blue and 2 red of the old
style magnet are included in this parts pack.
-Matt :)
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Phone: 509-773-5724
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| Ben Wrote: (...) I have no other trick than the paper and push through the hole. Start pussing gently, don't use too much force. When this does not work, push a little harder with short pushes. With short pushes I mean a push that is just enough for (...) (22 years ago, 19-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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