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Re: JCB JS220 Excavator
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lugnet.technic
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Thu, 4 Dec 2003 07:59:38 GMT
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beat.felber@fhso.ch (Beat Felber) wrote in <HpC78s.1szu@lugnet.com>:
> > I used quite a few of the black technic "axle pin with friction" for
> > rollers, but in fact they don't actually roll, the tracks just slide
> > over them. It seems to work quite well.
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> Never tried that one - nice space saving idea. What I tried some time
> ago was to use plates with the studs on the side so that the track runs
> over the edge of it. This allows to build very narrow track frames. If I
> remember right, in a very old Dacta set, this idea was used to build a
> chain saw with the narrow track links.
The disadvantage of this construction is that the track links are liable to
snag on the edges of the plate.
--
Harro de Jong
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| (...) Never tried that one - nice space saving idea. What I tried some time ago was to use plates with the studs on the side so that the track runs over the edge of it. This allows to build very narrow track frames. If I remember right, in a very (...) (20 years ago, 3-Dec-03, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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