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Re: uCOG IV
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lugnet.technic
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Sun, 11 May 2003 00:07:51 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Kevin L. Clague writes:
> James, I've been extremely inspired by your tiny weight shifters.
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> I knew that my original attempts were going to be bested, but I hand't
> gotten inspiration to make them smaller. I actually finished up a uCOG III
> that had smaller feet than uCOG II, but it wasn't much of a victory.
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> Using some ideas from your design, I came up with uCOG IV, an upright walker
> that is notably smaller than uCOG III, where the footprint is a 2x4, instead
> of 4x6.
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> Here he is:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/kclague/mm-walker/p5070038.jpg
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/kclague/mm-walker/p5070039.jpg
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/kclague/mm-walker/p5070040.jpg
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> Here he is standing next to uCOG III
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/kclague/mm-walker/p5070041.jpg
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> uCOG IV is not as small as Mighty Mite 2, but he has a smaller footprint and
> more foot clearance.
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> Kevin
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Kevin,
I'm glad you were inspired by my little walkers. This one is pretty cool. It
reminds me of a little toddler =) I saw uCOG III a couple days ago(those
24-tooth gears sure come in handy as cams) and thought it looked nice.
You're right that Mighty Mite 2 doesn't have a lot of foot clearance, but
it's enough. I'm working on Mighty Mite 3, and I'll post some pictures as
soon as I finalize the design.
-jrl
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| (...) James, By all means Might Mite 2's foot clearance is enough. Sorriy if it sounded like I said that. I'm still amazed at how small a COG shifter you made. It is a thing of beauty. Kevin (...) (21 years ago, 11-May-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| James, I've been extremely inspired by your tiny weight shifters. I knew that my original attempts were going to be bested, but I hand't gotten inspiration to make them smaller. I actually finished up a uCOG III that had smaller feet than uCOG II, (...) (21 years ago, 10-May-03, to lugnet.technic)
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