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Re: The Great Ball Contraption
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 11 Jan 2005 21:25:15 GMT
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Russell Nelson <NELSON@CRYNWR.nomorespamCOM>
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tmassey@obscorp.com writes:
> Or specify that the input bin must have a technic beam at the front edge
> of the input bin to accept technic pins: this is very similar to how the
> castle walls connect...
Excellent idea. What do you mean, though, by "front edge"? Do you
mean the beam which is 10 studs long and which is 10 bricks off the
tabletop? That would impose a requirement on the next-door module to
build up and reinforce a wall 10 bricks high. Many of the prototype
GBC modules either throw or dump the ball into the input bin, with
nothing abutting its front edge.
Wouldn't it be better to have this beam be one brick off the tabletop
(leaving room for a baseplate and spacers adding up to one brick)?
That would reduce the requirements on a module and 2) reduce the
amount of levering action.
In any case, it's perfectly optional. If one module implements it and
another doesn't, then you just remove the technic pins. Yes,
excellent idea, well done, Tim!
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| (...) I'm still a bit torn on this. There is NO interconnection type that will work with all the modules we already have (only 10 or 12) but not all need to be interconnected. The connection is only required in a few cases (where modules are moving (...) (19 years ago, 11-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Russell Nelson <nelson@crynwr.com> wrote on 01/10/2005 12:03:04 PM: (...) Or specify that the input bin must have a technic beam at the front edge of the input bin to accept technic pins: this is very similar to how the castle walls connect... Tim (...) (19 years ago, 11-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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