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Spring Loaded Charging Hatch

342, XYZ GET THE TEXT Spring-Loaded Charging Hatch (How to)
Hide your on/off switch (a) and charging plug under this flush hatch (b). To make the hinge, glue half a Du-Bro nylon hinge onto the door, slightly off-center. Split the other half of the hinge, glue the pieces above and below the first half (to make a 3-piece hinge), and use a longer wire hinge pin. The torsion spring (c) can be of the coil or torsion-bar type (at right); glue one end to the...

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