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  1. 22nd September 2014, 01:23 PM #1
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    Gas strut position calculator

    If any of you have tried to work out what position and what strength gas strut to use when custom building things, you soon realise it is not straightforward!

    I have been doing scale drawings & etc to plan them out, and taking 4 or 5 goes to get it sorted.

    Then I found this page:
    Gasveren berekenen.

    It is Dutch, but Google will translate it for you.

    Enter your proposed dimensions on the 2nd tab, and it will animate the opening angles you will achieve. e.g. if you put the strut attachments too close together, then it shows that the door will not close.

    The animation could be better (and maybe slower) but it saved me some head scratching, so maybe someone else will find it useful.

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  2. 22nd September 2014, 01:36 PM #2
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    Also - if anyone knows of a better one, could you please post up the link.

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  3. 22nd September 2014, 03:58 PM #3
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    I had thought about putting gas struts on Grumbles hood.

    I had the same thoughts as you Spudboy , no idea where to locate or what sizes etc.

    I await with anticip.p.p.p.ation
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  4. 22nd September 2014, 07:10 PM #4
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    Can someone tell me how to get google to translate? I have never done this before.
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  5. 22nd September 2014, 07:45 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by d2dave View Post
    Can someone tell me how to get google to translate? I have never done this before.
    Go to http://translate.google.com/ then in the left hand box put the web address in that you want translated. I leave it as 'Auto detect' and set the translate to to 'English'

    Which should give you

    Google Translate
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  6. 22nd September 2014, 08:54 PM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by d2dave View Post
    Can someone tell me how to get google to translate? I have never done this before.
    In The Google Chrome browser, you can right click anywhere in the page background, and one of the options is to "Translate to English".
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    I will be getting this thread stored,probably "the good oil" .
    VERY HANDY link
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  9. 23rd September 2014, 05:52 AM #9
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    Thanks for that, that'll be handy with the swing away tie carrier design.

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  10. 23rd September 2014, 07:54 AM #10
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    Cheers, have done some time consuming trial and error setup a before.
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