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Pre coiled tail wire
I looked in vain at my LHS for a spring coiled tail gear wire roughly 1/16" thick and 4" long and wasn't too tightly wound. Couldn't find it on the web either.
Whilst browsing in a local Zellers I looked at those cheap black spring clamps. The ones with the long nose actually have the perfect wire and it is neatly coiled. I got them 4 for a buck so the wires were 25 cents, pre coiled. All I had to do was unscrew the clamp. Cheap, pre coiled gear wire. The regular clamps are much too strong a spring but the cheap ones like below seem perfect.
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04-18-2004, 06:57 PM
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Awesome!
I just love it when someone finds an inexpensive solution to a problem, one that is often better than the designed solution. That just may be what I need for the taildragger on my buiding board. Thanks Nuker! Now if anyone can figure out a use for all the floppy disks I have laying around..... Dave
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04-18-2004, 11:37 PM
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Hey and you can always use the clamps for building if you don't wreck them like nuker did!
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04-19-2004, 06:15 AM
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Or you can use a rubber band and have the best of both worlds. I use a small elastic and can still use the clamp.
Waste not, want not Bob
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