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... main issue is that I don't have a Google Sketchup model of a dual-cable bicycle brake lever or bicycle brake cable, and I'm not good enough to make one.

... With far less effort I could already have made a mechanical trigger (a bicycle brake mechanism would work lovely) and I'd already be scanning books -- perhaps even with a ...

... With far less effort I could already have made a mechanical trigger (a bicycle brake mechanism would work lovely) and I'd already be scanning books -- perhaps even with a ...

... out some other method of lighting the platen. Use of a single-cable bicycle brake lever is now deprecated . The wooden parts to accomodate a single-cable lever will still ...

... about 1" in diameter should work for the handle, since the bicycle brake levers are designed to clamp over that diameter, plus or minus. The only problem with ...

... parts (these being the bolts, screws, nuts, washers, glass, bearings, bicycle brake cables, handle, and so on, and optionally even lights and cameras). Any restrictions ...

... functional, both trigger mechanisms are wired into the single pull brake handle. The handle itself is a piece of 22.5 mm tubing that my bike ... the finger for the cable, and capture the cable with one of those old bicycle center pull brake nuts. It's basically just a bolt with a hole drilled ...

Both Walmart & Kmart have the "Bell Deluxe Bicycle Tune-Up Kit" with a complete set of gear cables and brake cables for tuning up most bikes.
Universal front and rear brake cable with housing
Universal front and rear gear cable with housing
Extra ferrules and end caps
For about $6.00

... in bulk. aeturneus, check your pm box. I was just thinking about the bicycle brake camera trigger problem. Perhaps if you rotated the brake handle 90 degrees so that it's ...

... is possible. One of our forum members is working on a system using bicycle brake levers. The 790 IS look like good cameras to me. If you want more discussion on the matter, ...