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(...) You know Jeff, for a train guy, you are pretty good with gears :) I think you are very close with Attempt 3. The tricky part is designing a "nut" to mesh nicely with the worm gears. I have a design for a leadscrew that is very smooth and (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Next DelVaLUG Meeting....
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(...) Oh high exalted one, is there an agenda for this fine gathering? PITA Jeff (21 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.loc.us.pa, lugnet.org.us.delvalug)
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| | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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(...) [snip] (...) But it is prototypical, isn't it :?) Chris (21 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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I am pleased to say that our awards for the contest have been secured. (URL) has been updated with the prize information. The prizes will be: For Best Small Mecha: ****$25 Gift Certificate at (URL) Hooked on Bricks>**** For Best Medium Mecha: (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !
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Just wanted to let you know that we will be having a meeting at the Lego store in Bridgewater, NJ at 2:00pm on May 14th, 2005!! Thanks, Jim F. (21 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.loc.us.pa, lugnet.org.us.delvalug)
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| | Re: Help with redesigning a Boat Lock
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(...) Then it's a lift lock 'cause that's what Jeff's going for--the bottom of the lock is suppose to look like water going up and down and work like a lock in the Welland Canal Lift Lock system. And then the doors are suppose to open and the boat's (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.technic)
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Since Lenny was kind enough to highlight the little bugger, I guess I should at least post a bit about it: (URL) Click me!>> It's taken me two months of waiting for parts to arrive via Bricklink, but it's finally done - a minifig scale Tachikoma (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: The acnielsen Lego survey prizes
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(...) I fill out the survey for every set I get, including the ones that don't advertise it on the back page. (Sometimes it lets you take the survey for ones that don't advertise it, sometime it doesn't.) I haven't kept track, but I'd bet I've (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Help with redesigning a Boat Lock
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(...) First off I think it should be called a boat lift rather than a lock, because in a lock only the water moves. (...) I've read the other posts in this thread and I like both the string and the rack idea's. Racks are commonplace on locks because (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I have completed the survey 4 or 5 times I think. I never win...... . (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Layout roads
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonathan Lopes" <jlopes@abramsbooks.com> To: <lugnet.org.us.lucny...ugnet.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 4:14 PM Subject: Layout roads (...) and am (...) be) 2xN (...) able to (...) side' (...) road (...) (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.org.us.lucny)
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| | Re: Adventurers Poster contest entry (Journey to Atlantis)
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(...) I really like the 'Tunnelator'! One of the best MOCs I've seen in ages... The colour scheme is great and the tread is also wonderful... Thanks for sharing and God Bless, Nathan (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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Hi all, Just wondering about the survey link on the back of most new instructions.... Has anyone ever one a prize? Amongst the whole Lugnet community a fair amount must have been filled out.. God Bless, Nathan (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Help with redesigning a Boat Lock
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(...) So much for quick diagrams - of course the back corner should attach to the RIGHT side string not the left. ROSCO (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) In case I didn't explain myself well, see the diagram (click to enlarge): (URL) The yellow lock level is attached to the string at the red exxes. Pull A to raise, B to lower (they can be wound on pulleys). You can reduce it to 1 per side a la (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | 8455 Backhoe possibly available at S@H
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(Hi, my first Lugnet post here...) I just noticed today that the 8455 Backhoe Loader was available on S@H today. I placed an order for one, and afterwards I saw that its item listing now says "Call to check product availability". Not sure if I got (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Help with redesigning a Boat Lock
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(...) That looks like a *great* project - I hope you can make it sturdy and reliable! As Larry pointed out, you need to keep all the vertical worm gears in sync by tying them all together. Do you have room for the 24t - worm gear gear blocks in (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I noticed roads like this when I got back into LEGO about a year ago, at an NILTC show. They're certainly cool, though I don't agree they look 1000% better. In particular, they come out very square; you couldn't make a nice curve this way, (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.org.us.lucny, FTX)
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(...) I believe if you add set PATH=c:\cygwin\bin;%PATH% to your autoexec.bat file then you will be good to go. John Hansen (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Help with redesigning a Boat Lock
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(...) (snip) A worthy project! Hope to see it in person at NMRA... I suppose you already considered vertical racks at the 4 corners of the "water" that are embedded in the lock walls (the rack, visible, might look like a ladder or steps cut into the (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.technic)
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