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Message #07923
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Robert Selby Robert.Selby@madge.com
Date: Tuesday, 23 November 1999 22:16
Subject: Pager motors - how to get the damn weights off ?? :-)
>I was given a bunch of these tiny motors, but they still have the little
>weighs attached.
>
>I have tried gripping the weight in a vice and punching the shaft out, but
>it wont shift and
>I don't want to risk damaging the motor.
>
>I have managed to use a pair of heavy duty wire cutters to crack the
weights
>near where
>the shaft is and get them off that way without hurting the shaft, but there
>_MUST_ be a
>better way :-)
>
>I notice that the shafts have a rough surface (presumably to grip the shaft
>better) and I
>assume this is why I wasn't able to punch it out.
>
>How have others managed ????
>
>Also - what do people use to tip the ends of the shafts on "poppers" ??? I
>have some
>liquid latex but I'm not sure if that would stay on for long.
>
>Regards,
>Bob
>
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