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Sep 20, 2011 | 10:55 pm

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Originally Posted by roberino

But the lever moves approx 1m to pull the door back from its seating by 1cm, so there is a ratio of 100:1, i.e. only 160 pounds of force is needed on the lever to move it away from the seal...

Quote:

Originally Posted by nerd

That was not my conclusion from reading the previous posts.

Its one thing to move the lever as roberino suggested..

Its another to actually pull the door back, and push it forward, as nerd analyzed..

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