Date:         Fri, 20 Apr 2001 14:52:18 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: slowing down door opening?
Comments: To: Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU>
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At 12:57 PM 4/20/2001, Matthew Pollard wrote:
>has anybody been able to slow down the front doors when they open so they
>don't fly against the end-stops? Would expanding the arm mechanism help?

Works for me -- I expand the arm mechanism while holding to the handle
inside.  When the arm mechanism is fully expanded I lean forward as
necessary to allow the door to come to rest at the stop.  I was advised by
my brother-in-law to use this technique in windy Scotland, where the dead
rabbits on the roadside are almost obscured by flying doors (not quite; I
was there during the myxomatosis stage where they all stagger around
blindly and walk under things until you have almost literally fur-lined
roads)...

d

David Beierl - Providence, RI
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