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(...) I've been up close and personal to a drive shaft. I had an old Chevy van which liked to get into 2nd & reverse at the same time (fortuanately always while stopped - because the vehicle will not go ANYWHERE in this condition, if it happened at (...) (27 years ago, 18-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Yes. (...) I did not know that. I've accepted over time that a number of things in car suspensions must work simply by having room to wiggle a bit, but that this particulalr problem is avoided *that* simply explains a lot. (Wait till you see (...) (27 years ago, 18-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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Thanks, make -v GNU Make version 3.75, by Richard Stallman and Roland McGrath. Copyright..... Report bugs to..... C: -Phil (...) (27 years ago, 18-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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Just as an aside, this post made me do a double take before reading it... I was going "what?? Lego doesn't make worms, just snakes and scorpions" (27 years ago, 18-Jun-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) If I'm understanding the workings, what is being suggested is to use the worm as a slip coupling (which just happens to have a worm screw). If you look at a cars drive shaft, you will see that it is in two parts so that it can change length. (...) (27 years ago, 18-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Another axle, that's the whole trick. \\\...\\\ =====[variable gap]======== \\\...\\\ (...) View from above: o ......... -o----D------ U | | U F - and D are the rear axle incl. stiffening technic beams and the differential and attching crwon (...) (27 years ago, 18-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) What if (and this wouldn't solve the problem entirely, but may help) what if there were a straightforward way to extract a self-contained segment of rotating content (a hunk of HTML code, in other words) periodically from the lugnet.com (...) (27 years ago, 18-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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(...) Interesting idea. But in thinking about it (without actually prototyping), I have a problem. You propose to use the worm on the drive axle, right? And the idea is that the worm can slide a little bit to and fro to adjust for the axles movement (...) (27 years ago, 18-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Perhaps you've stumbled on one of the incredibly rare self-replicating Lego parts.... (27 years ago, 18-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
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Take a look at this - I reckon I'm a-gonna try and make a Lego one! RCX or Cybermaster? Hmm! (URL) a 'tickling robot' that crawls over one's body, gently tickling as it goes with its rubber pronged tracks. It tries not to fall off, apparently by (...) (27 years ago, 18-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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