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Subject:Re: New blog post and window crank question
From:neil n
Date:Sat, 20 Apr 2013 18:03:03 -0700
I have tried the bending method. Though heating the arm up a *little*
helped, and they lasted a short while, they eventually snapped.

I am currently using a couple of washers to fur the handle out a bit
but looking at this image of your speaker

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jl9AArBYPdo/UXMIWqWhytI/AAAAAAAAAwM/3d28KTHO6Yc/s1600/Door1.jpeg

this may not work.

Neil.

On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 3:41 PM, J B <jbever@excite.com> wrote:

> .... I ended up bending my original cranks out slightly so they wouldn't hit the speaker covers that stick out about a 1/2 inch but the cranks have now broken off.

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Neil n

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