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Funny you should ask this... I was thinking just today that we used to use bicycle spokes to provide point rodding between switch throws and the switch... thing I can't recall is the thread that had to be cut onto the shortened spokes... about 6BA I think (here in the UK). We would build up a rodding run just the same as the real thing uses but somewhat out of scale (usually beneath the baseboard/ out of sight). bell cranks and other levers are quite easily cut from brass sheet or similar. <br />Here the throttle cables are known as Bowden cables... a good source is push bike shops (again) or Motorcycle shops. <br />Another way of doing it that I have seen work is pneumatic... using thin plastic tube and syringes such as those used for injecting insulin... joints are made using the nib out of ball point pens with the ball removed. <br /> <br />have fun! [:P]
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