11-24-2013, 10:41 AM
Rado.
It may appear to be cheating a little but what I have found with lorica hinges is to reverse one half of the hinge before the hinge pin is fitted and this helps to take any strain off the hinge pin and its plates.
This is where the two plates of the shoulder that overlap can have both the ends of the hinge plates fitted to them both without any tension against the hinge pin, the drawing shows just how the overlap of the shoulder plates and the hinge are connected.
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It may appear to be cheating a little but what I have found with lorica hinges is to reverse one half of the hinge before the hinge pin is fitted and this helps to take any strain off the hinge pin and its plates.
This is where the two plates of the shoulder that overlap can have both the ends of the hinge plates fitted to them both without any tension against the hinge pin, the drawing shows just how the overlap of the shoulder plates and the hinge are connected.
[attachment=8442]img095_2013-11-24-2.jpg[/attachment]
Brian Stobbs
