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Old 06-29-2016, 10:34 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Gardenedging, welcome to ecomodder. Now you know everybody's favorite childhood TV shows.

But, since you ask; depending on how you hinge it it will be hard to open and easy to close, or else easy to open and hard to close. The energy needed will scale with the energy the brake will dissipate. Unless it rotates longitudinally or something.
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