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Message #07961
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Robert Selby Robert.Selby@madge.com
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 13:09:15 +0800
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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