Modified Sloppy Sarter...

model40fan Tuesday, 10/28/2014

Previous attempts left the "pull" arm for the elastic pointing up, danger of a kid falling on it... So I altered the elastic anchor and the pull arm, and built the starter from steel [ much easier for me] ;

 The sloppy bear paw about to release the door ;

 The elastic runs under the crossbar, the previous models ran it above the crossbar ;

 The vertical threaded shaft and wing-nut to the right are to anchor the Drag Tracks section [top pic] or a connector / clamp for 2 lanes of Orange track [lower pic]...

  Squeeze the washers together, the pivot converts the force to pull, that sliding the latch pin back from the door, the small elastic pulls the pin back into the hold position when the washers are released...the "stretched"  elastic that supplies the pop to open the door is an easy to get item, they come in the mail holding multiple bills together...


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