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hey dinwitty, that's exactly my train of thought! A friend of mine has all the tools to cut the pit. My biggest headache is how to get the pit rail round - not just a little round, but _exactly_ round... I'm now thinking of squeezing some metal strip between two parts of the pit bottom that fit into eachother save for the thickness of the strip. Curious to know how you would get that rail round. <br /> <br />For the gear, still no clue. I'm thinking heavy, belt-driven, 1:1000 - like ratio, to be able to let the bridge creep along at imperceptibly slow speed. But where to find it? I'm afraid that the heavier, the more engineering it will need, like some kind of bearings (bicylce type?) on the axles of the gear wheels, etc... Maybe old car parts can do?
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