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>    From: "clement.focuser" 

> An improvement would be to mount the strips on a 45* surface so that the
> strips form an X. When there is no deflection in the hinge, the strips would
> be straight with no bending.

I've made some updates to the page, refelcting Don's comments, and also
made it easy to find Richard Schwartz's patent that uses RTV silicone (or
similar substance) as the compliant hinge.  See:
http://overton.tamu.edu/aset/krajci/cell-12-pt/cross-hinge.htm
and the bottom of:
http://overton.tamu.edu/aset/krajci/cell-bearing.htm


Tom Krajci
Tashkent, Uzbekistan

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