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Yesterday I went with the children and grandchildren to the stage show musical “Cinderella”, by Rogers and Hammerstein, so I had to cut my workshop session short.
But in the few hours available I attached the weights to the weighted handle, and the lugs which contact the screw handle.
The weights were silver soldered to the handle, and the lugs were Loctited into position. I chose Loctite 620 rather than silver solder for the lugs, because I used different setups for the weights and lugs, and did not want to risk disrupting the silver solder from the weights joins when I attached the lugs. Some finishing required to remove the heat scale and lug protrusions. Even at model scale, the weighted handle works really well.
Oh. And by the way….Cinderella was marvellous! Enjoyed by everyone from age 6 to 72.
Appreciative audience after the show, exiting The Regent Theatre, Melbourne.
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