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N_Cook wrote:
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N_Cook wrote:
Don't they usually break at the plastic bending non-hinge hinge?

Yeah, but that's because the get snagged and bent around the
wrong way.

Jeff

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So the heatshrink thing was just a pouch for stowage when knocking about in
the spaghetti in carrying cases etc


Basically yeah, it keeps the free end of the tab from getting snagged
and bent around the wrong way. And subsequently breaking off.

Jeff


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