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From: jimmy@tybalt.caltech.edu (Jimmy Hu)
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Subject: Re: Perfory
Keywords: What to do with it ??
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I weave two strands of perfories into a super spring. What you do is take
two strands, then fold one over the other and then the other over the first
(try it, it's not too hard to figure out). Anyways, the result is a springy
thing. The problem with it is that when you pull on it, it also torques on
the ends, and it twists so much sometimes that you can't pull very far.
To get rid of this problem, put a "dummy" link into the middle, so that you
basically create two springs attached in the middle. Then the ends won't
twist, but the center will.

If you compress the spring, and then drop it or slide it sideways into an
obstacle, you'd be amazed at how springy a piece of paper can be.