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I do not post here much but I recently built something that I though it
would be good to share.
I'm sure many of you remember Todd Trotter's Sighthound (if you don't, try
http://www.lugco.org/todd/sighthound) and the marvelous hatch he built for
it. Well, I recently was experimenting with some ides and I built a hatch
that I thought looked pretty damn handy and that I have since used in a few
models (and once my Digital Camera is returned to me I may even post some
pics of them).
anyway, I posted a brief description, instructions and some pictures of my
hatch here
http://www.ozbricks.com/batwing/other/hatch.html
please, I would like some feedback on this, do you think it is useful? (I
know I do, but that's me)
should be good for trains too...
Trav (-|-)
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| (...) Hey, this really looks interesting. I'll have to try to build it to test it out. If it works (and I don't doubt it does) it looks like a great new door design. Good job. Chris <>< (22 years ago, 18-Dec-02, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Thanks. I was a bit concerned that it wouldn't work, had to build a proof-of-concept for it, it took a little while but it worked better than I expected, although the physics side of my mind suspected that it wouldn't (square edges and all) (...) (22 years ago, 18-Dec-02, to lugnet.space)
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| Thats way cool. Using those arms was brilliant. I have a feeling we will be seeing more doors like this. - j o n -- | Lego - (URL) Shipyard - (URL) Moonbase - (URL) Store - (URL) <trav@centercom.com.au> wrote in message (...) (22 years ago, 18-Dec-02, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) That is so sweet! I've been trying for ages to do a door with a similar swinging/sliding motion. I never even considered battle droid arms. Brilliant. Well done sir, well done. -Chris (22 years ago, 18-Dec-02, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Ooo. Very nice. I've been casually pondering how to make a door with a similar opening action, but all my ideas turned out far too bulky. Yours is a compact and very elegant design. I think I can find a use for it. If I wore a hat, I'd be (...) (22 years ago, 18-Dec-02, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Well that is pretty darn cool! I like how basically simple it is, even though it creates a complex motion (compared to the traditional Lego hinge designs we use more often). Any chance we can get a view of the back side of the doors (to better (...) (22 years ago, 18-Dec-02, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Thanks for you kind words Jon. The arms are really where I started with the whole model. they look very similar to the hinge brace that the train doors I observed had. the rest was just figuring out how it would work exactly. Trav (-|-) (22 years ago, 18-Dec-02, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Thanks I had been trying to build a cool hatch for some time that didn't require a space for the door to swing open, although this one does have some swing space. The gunship model too proved to be a bit of a creative influence with those rear (...) (22 years ago, 18-Dec-02, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) thank you, when I started I really wanted to avoid it becoming to bulky. although a bulky version might be useful for some models.. Might look at that (...) The first one I built was a single door. but I wanted to make it wider for an entry (...) (22 years ago, 18-Dec-02, to lugnet.space)
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| This is really great Travis. I waited to have a better look at the mechanism before responding. The droid arms are an excellent addition -they give it almost a submarine look, secure as they pull the unit tight. Todd's Sighthound is still one of my (...) (22 years ago, 19-Dec-02, to lugnet.space)
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| Wow, very nice. The droid arms work very well for this type of motion, and the overall look is very cool. Defenintly a good idea. Plus, you could try it for single doors, right? Even the back looks spacey. ;-) Very nice! -JHK p.s. Who's the John (...) (22 years ago, 19-Dec-02, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Yeah, fits in with the cramped industrial look well. I thought of it as almost like a vault door (...) So simple yet so complex. it's a great model. Trav (-|-) (22 years ago, 19-Dec-02, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) yeah, works for single doors, though the droid arms restrict you to moving the door 2 or 3 studs to the side. (...) Thanks. (...) hehehe, so many John's... That would be Hendo (Or John P Henderson) he asked to see the back, I'm surprised I (...) (22 years ago, 19-Dec-02, to lugnet.space)
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| Wowies, Travis!! Quite the doors you have there! Despite the fact that I really wouldn't be able to use them -- no capital ships or anything -- I do appreciate their design! Very ingenous! And it looks great from the back. A suggestion: Try making a (...) (22 years ago, 19-Dec-02, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) best pair of doors around, no, wait.... Yeah, I like them. so shared (...) yes, that would make for a much wider door. would be able to do it to angles too. (...) indeed, I intend to. well at least to try. Trav (-|-) (22 years ago, 19-Dec-02, to lugnet.space)
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| that is truly one of the coolest things i've ever seen one of the problems w/ doors is space for them to open and close and being able to get them to fit tight your doors are truly revolutionary and i LOOOOOVE them thx for sharing, build more, post (...) (22 years ago, 20-Dec-02, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Why thank you (...) it does present extra issues to work around, I certainly agree with you on that. which is why I was working on these to begin with, (...) again thank you. I will be building more (I'm always building something...) but I (...) (22 years ago, 20-Dec-02, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Thanks I would have but I'm not subscribed to the group and there are very odd things happening with my groups that seem to stop my subscribing to any more groups. (...) It was a pleasure to share with such a passionate group (22 years ago, 20-Dec-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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