HOWTO: Make your own tape switches

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Colin Beck
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HOWTO: Make your own tape switches

Post by Colin Beck » Thu Sep 07, 2006 2:15 pm

Greg Groundhangers from Blacktown Australia has been brewing up this in his backyard shed:

http://charliedontskate.com/bb2/viewtopic.php?t=1175

The main ingredient is tape measures.

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Another way to make tape switches

Post by Pat Chewning » Mon Sep 11, 2006 12:22 am

Another way to make tape switches is outlined here. We have used these switches as primary switches for 2 years and backup switches for 2 years. They are getting old and worn out. Time to build some new ones.

Discussion here:

viewtopic.php?t=713

Plans and pictures here:

http://www.slalomskateboarder.com/Stuff ... System.doc

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