I use those same springs as an option for the joints of my paper superheroes. They're strong and flexible and retain "springy-ness" very well.
Cheers! The Professor On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 1:04 PM, Bill <[email protected]> wrote: > > That makes sense now, thanks for, explaining it. > > Bill > > On Mar 28, 6:45 pm, [email protected] wrote: > > The springs are like paper braids. Looking at the instructions panel > > 20 you see strip #1 laid horizontal pointing to the right and strip #2 > > laid vertical and pointing up, overlapping the end of #1. Fold #1 > > over the end of #2 so it sanwiches the end of #2 and is now pointing > > to the left. Fold #2 down over #1 so it is now pointing down and > > sandwiches #1. Then just fold #1 to the right over #2, and #2 up and > > over #1. Keep folding the strips over each other, reversing the > > direction each time. > > > > Those are the same kind of springs used in the escapement mechanism > > that is offered as a free download on the site. They work very > > good. :) > > > > I printed out all of the parts sheets for the clock. That's a purty > > thick stack-o-pages. :^) > > > > On Mar 28, 9:09 am, "Bill Spencer" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Its taken a bit of TIME but I'm moving forward and getting myself into > gear. I've seen enough teeth to last me lifetime, just glad I'm not a > Dentist > > > > > I couldn't quite make out what Atom meant as regards the spring in the > rachet mechanism so I just zig-zagged the part it seems to work as the palws > engage into the rachet wheel. > > > > > Bill > > > > > pictures 002a.jpg > > > 290KViewDownload > > > > > pictures 001a.jpg > > > 311KViewDownload- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > -- http://www.professorplastik.com "Damn the torpedoes, make me a sandwich!" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Papermodels?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
