Don Foreman wrote:
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!



I probably should have defined "schnorr" for those not familiar with
that particular German/Yiddish expression:

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/schnorrer

In my college daze in the 50s a buddy and I got letterhead printed up
bearing a realistic looking but non-specific company name. We used it to
request free samples from parts manufacturers. Back in those days our
hobby projects were mainly building vacuum tube "Hi Fi" equipment, which
often included quite a few "schnorred" components.

Jeff

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