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Re: [ATM] Why is it called a "flex rocker"?

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From: "Mel Bartels" <mbartels@bbastrodesigns.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 18:56:01 -0700
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> No, a flex rocker is not required for his tri-dob.
> But neither is a stiff rocker.  So why make a stiff
> rocker when a flex will do and is easier to make?

Excellently put.  One comment though, and that is the tridob flex rocker 
cannot be built as a triangle as the mirror needs to swing through the back 
portion.  So the rocker ends up being a flat square or circle.

Mel Bartels 

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- Re: [ATM] Why is it called a "flex rocker"?
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