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    Pillow in drop box

    This helps clear things up a bit—I'll have to look at it a bit more, but it does help.No, there's technically no need for a box. I'm not sure what you mean by a wire pin with guides and a pull string, though—could you explain how that would work?Thanks, Samuel
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    Pillow in drop box

    Hi,Okay, I'm sort of seeing it, but where should the solenoid go? I think two panels on the bottom is the way to go because then the pillow comes straight down instead of falling to one side (is that a worry?) but then the solenoid hangs about an inch below the panel (since the pin can only go...
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    Pillow in drop box

    Hi,For a play we're doing, the director wants a pillow to come from a drop box rigged to the battens, and the research that I've done show that the best way to do this is to rig up a pin actuated by a solenoid, but I can't envision for the life of me how that makes the drop box open. Could...
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