On Mon, 23 May 2005 18:17:07 -0400, Jeff Wisnia
wrote:



If it's relatively small, you can probably use a regular style hinge
design lubed with "damping grease" and the torsion spring to make it
"ooze" open. That's what's used in little things like calculator lids. I
don't know how large an item the same stuff could be used for, but Nye
could likely tell you.

The J.M. Nye company makes damping greases. I don't know how large an
item the same stuff could be used for, but Nye could likely tell you.

This page describes a sample kit of these types of greases:

http://www.nyelubricants.com/2002_311.htm

With the right approach, you might be able to "schnorr" enough from them
as a free sample to do what you need to do.

Neat! Noted and logged!