Sorry Jürgen and Colin, but I did not get the idea of how this arrangement of screws could make a steering pivot. Maybe, Jürgen from Giebelstadt, you can draw a little picture from it. Thanks, Jürgen. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colin Morton" <iron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <python@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 4:43 PM Subject: [python] Bronze Screws > Hello, > Yes the bronze screw idea should work well. > It is critical to get the inner bearing surface perfectly round. If > there is any eccentricity. The bearing will bind. > The other consideration is that all of the load is being put onto > several small points so will be more wear on the inner bearing surface. > To minimize this it would be good to use a hardened steel surface. > > I would be happy to hear how it works. > > Regards Colin Morton. > > > > juermaier@xxxxxx wrote: > > > > my third python I plan to build with bronse bushings. my idea is to use > > bronse screws screwed in steel holes (understandable?) one on the top > > and one on the bottom, after unscrewing them, the python can be > > separated. And when the bronse screws get thinner they can be simply > > changed by new ones. > > Any reponse on that? > > > > I also would like the steering not to go so smoothly and easy, because > > the leverarm for steering (the feet) is very long. > > > ============================================================ > > This is the Python Mailinglist at freelists.org > > Listmaster: Juergen Mages jmages@xxxxxx > > ============================================================ > ============================================================ This is the Python Mailinglist at freelists.org Listmaster: Juergen Mages jmages@xxxxxx ============================================================