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Message #03081



To: beam beam@corp.sgi.com
From: Richard Piotter richfile@rconnect.com
Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 00:58:43 -0500
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: OTU problems


Puttem on one at a time, and use a razor to line up each one after you
put it on.

"Jesse D." wrote:
>
> I recently found a GOLDMINE for OTU's a comercial yard sale which has
> hundreds of houshold appliances, most of which are junk, and the owner
> lets me scavenge them for free... today i found the "Good" type of otu's
> ...
>
> the only problem is when im modifying them, the spur gears are not
> plastic, they are ALL metal, and when i remove the shaft, the gear falls
> apart into like 10 small flat "gearlets" which are stacked together on
> the shaft to make the gear.. im not sure if ill ever be able to line
> them all up again on the pager motor shaft..
>
> any hints?
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Richard Piotter
richfile@rconnect.com

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