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Subject:	Re: sliding door
Newsgroups:	lugnet.trains
Date:	Mon, 19 Apr 2004 13:11:41 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Daniel Silva wrote: > hi > > this is a train with a sliding door: > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=731148 > > When looking at the train we don't see the door because it looks like an > ordinary window. > > This image shows the mechanism: > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=731150 > > It uses two special plates to control the door movement. See the detail in this > image: > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=731152 > > When opening, the outer plate (in gray) makes the door to tilt. When pulled out, > it is vertical again. Then, it can be pushed horizontally by the technic axle. > > When closing, it's the inner plate (in dark gray) that makes the door to be in > place again. > > folder: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=80021 > > daniel Oh wow, I need to let the caffeine I'm having for breakfast start to work before I try to understand this... Very cool, very clever - and well disguised from the outside of the train. Great job! JohnG, GMLTC

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		sliding door
hi this is a train with a sliding door: (URL) looking at the train we don't see the door because it looks like an ordinary window. This image shows the mechanism: (URL) uses two special plates to control the door movement. See the detail in this (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-04, to lugnet.trains)

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