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I don't know if folks are planning anything for Brickfest, like a build in the blacklight room, or a meetup, or a photo, but I had a thought (just one). How about a purple stripe on the name badge? I remember seeing it once last Brickfest--as the (...) (21 years ago, 2-Aug-05, to lugnet.people.lgbt, FTX)
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| | Re: S@H ahead of schedule again
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(...) Its green not sand green. I haven't downloaded the instructions yet, so I can't really start building yet. Grrr. 8.9M download will have to wait til I'm in work tomorrow. This dialup line just isn't up to downloads that size :( JB (21 years ago, 2-Aug-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Crane mathematics
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(...) Hi Nathan, looking good! I wish I could be at Brickfest to see it. WRT balance, the answer is that cranes are very rarely in total balance. That is why they need such strong accurately machined turntables - the turntable is generally taking (...) (21 years ago, 2-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: NR 75 - The Ghan
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(...) Thanks. The rolling stock is really easy. I've got some half designed but all you have to do is replace a strip of grey in the Santa Fe carriages with a strip of orange. A little fiddle here and there and you've got a decent Ghan carriage. (...) (21 years ago, 2-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: NR 75 - The Ghan
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Timothy Gould wrote: Very nice work, Tim! Maybe I will try to build this for our next M>ltc layout! But then I'd have to come up with rolling stock too... (...) It is usually headed by NR74 - the NR class are GE powered, and (...) (21 years ago, 1-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: S@H ahead of schedule again
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(...) Hi John, Is the Liberty green or sand green? I could never quite tell. Thanks for sharing the news. Tim (21 years ago, 1-Aug-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | NR 75 - The Ghan
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Dear all, Just finished off a project I've been working on for a while. Was going to wait until I finished the instructions but time just slipped away. So, I present here, NR 75 - The Ghan This train, for those who don't know, runs on the newest (...) (21 years ago, 1-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | S@H ahead of schedule again
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My backordered 5526 arrived today! What a great collection of parts :) JB (21 years ago, 1-Aug-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Il BrickJournal chiama!
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Ciao a tutti, ho appena ricevuto una mail da Joe Meno, redattore del BrickJournal (URL) il quale mi ha chiesto, tra l'altro, se posso fargli pervenire (senza fretta) un articolo di circa 500-700 parole sul club ItLug. Essendo il sottoscritto poco (...) (21 years ago, 1-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.it)
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| | Re: Star Wars LEGO UCS Survey
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(...) It's been brought to my attention that I forgot to mention that registration to LEGOFan.org is required to participate in the survey, so I am stating that here. My apologies for that. Joe Meno Press Secretary, LEGOFan.org (21 years ago, 1-Aug-05, to lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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| | Re: MOCpages is back online
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Hey Sean, Welcome back and also congratulations on your recent marriage. It's great that MOCpages will be back up and running. As Mat said, I can't help with programming but I'm sure that many AFOLs like myself would be happy to chip in some money (...) (21 years ago, 1-Aug-05, to lugnet.publish, FTX)
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| | Re: SSC (was Re: Best pneumatic hexapod yet!)
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(...) Your walking stuff is always very popular, as it is. Don't worry, I'm not pushing for anything. I already have about five other projects that need to be completed in the next ELEVEN days... Steve (21 years ago, 1-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: SSC (was Re: Best pneumatic hexapod yet!)
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(...) Given that I have not designed the feet yet, I don't know. (...) I have not finished the feet, but I was planning on providing an ankle that rotates about the Y axis, so that foot rotation is limited. A certain amount of sliding is expected. (...) (21 years ago, 1-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: MOCpages is back online
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(...) Sean is northstar a option? Many AFOL sites are hosted there(bricklink and many many more)..As for a fundraiser it sounds good to me..your site has been a fav. of mine for a long while.On the lighter side I was at my bricklink about me" (...) (21 years ago, 1-Aug-05, to lugnet.publish, FTX)
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| | Star Wars LEGO UCS Survey
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The LEGO Group has asked LEGO Fan for help in collecting your feedback. They're looking into future product ideas and have asked for your opinions on which product you'd like to see the most. This feedback will be added into the decision making (...) (21 years ago, 1-Aug-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space, FTX) !!
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| | Re: MOCpages is back online
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(...) Sean - what are your requirements for the server? I had to get a new server to host PICSL, and found a good deal on that. Contact me offline, I might be able to help. (...) What database are you using? We had to go through a number of (...) (21 years ago, 1-Aug-05, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: 4886 in negozio
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(...) ...per esempio li regali a me... ;-) :-PPP...PPP (21 years ago, 1-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: MOCpages is back online
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(...) Sniped (...) I can't help with programing, but I think a fund raiser is a good idea. I'll keep an eye out for an anouncement with paypal address. Mat (21 years ago, 1-Aug-05, to lugnet.publish, FTX)
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| | Re: kadee coupler questioner
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(...) My guess is that we'll get detail, they would probably just use the O-scale knuckle parts. Other detail will include the "brake hose" which is the pin that is moved by the uncoupling magnet. Frank (21 years ago, 1-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: kadee coupler questioner
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(...) Kadee means automatic decoupling with either static magnets or electromagnets (static magnets work because you have to stop the train with the coupler over the magnet for it to function). Presumably these would include delayed uncoupling which (...) (21 years ago, 1-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: img2sticker: Convert images into .ldr stickers
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(...) Hi Orion, Thanks for that. Now I should be able to make the install program more platform independent (it was set to run on Linux or Windows but I forgot about OSX). Excellent! Tim (21 years ago, 1-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: img2sticker: Convert images into .ldr stickers
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(...) I suspect you will find on OS X, or Linux that you would need to modify copy for cp. It is probably better to use perls own interface to copying, and not the shell. The perl docs for this are all here: (URL) Cheers Orion (21 years ago, 1-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Viagra® Moonbase Module
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(...) The logic, oh the logic, Bahahahahaaaaa haaaaaaa, some one dig up the pic of Soren “mounted” in front of the module from last year, and post it. pls. (...) Kmmmmppphhhhffffff, hahahahahahahahahaha (...) nice, oh but and hey, I thought we (...) (21 years ago, 1-Aug-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Viagra® Moonbase Module
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I've fallen out of the habit of responding to MOC announcements. But this one had me with the title. I love it. Good building, good humor, and good way to make all the right people angry. Well Played. (URL) Felix Greco> (21 years ago, 1-Aug-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Viagra® Moonbase Module
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Eventually Earthlings came to the point when many were living most of their lives away from Earth. Of course, industry and business followed. You could find shopping centers and malls on the Moon that were almost identical to the ones on Earth (...) (21 years ago, 1-Aug-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | MOCpages is back online
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Hello everyone... MOCpages is back online as of this afternoon (01-Aug 2005). I feel terrible about the horrendous downtime. I'm sorry I haven't replied to anyone's messages asking what was going on -- I literally have been out of the country (and (...) (21 years ago, 1-Aug-05, to lugnet.announce.mocpages, FTX) !!
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| | Re: SSC (was Re: Best pneumatic hexapod yet!)
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(...) I should say it would look more 'natural'. How easy will it be to install a normally closed (while the foot is in the air) touch sensor in the foot? Will the feet be required to do much rotating and/or sliding while taking a step? (I assume it (...) (21 years ago, 1-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 2005 LSC: Voting Now Open
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(...) This is just a reminder to everyone that voting ends tomorrow. --Travis Cobbs (21 years ago, 1-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Crane mathematics
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Does anyone who makes cranes have some easy math such as geometry for crane design? The problem I see is that for a crane to be always balanced the weight in the back needs to move according to the load weight. The boom on mine bends, but when (...) (21 years ago, 1-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | SWELug8
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Nedanstående text kommer från Jan Kaskinen i Huddinge. Skickas genom mig då det krånglar för honom. Hej alla Legofans Dags för en ny Swelug träff för nya som gamla. Träff nummer 8 i ordningen kommer att hållas i Huddinge/Stockholm närmare bestämt (...) (21 years ago, 1-Aug-05, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | 8435 MOC by Rgeiger
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This is an older post but look how well they used the parts! (URL) (21 years ago, 1-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: SSC (was Re: Best pneumatic hexapod yet!)
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(...) No. The central timer is unchanged by switching from forward to reverse, or walk to turn. The things that do change behavior are the leg sweep pistons. These will do their best to accommidate the change, which may not have any affect until the (...) (21 years ago, 1-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Battle by the Sea
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(...) This in no less than amazing. The scenery is absoloutly the top notch. Please please do another with that set up! The battle has a very pleasing style to it, it almost reminds me of the layouts used in the older catalogs (A very good thing by (...) (21 years ago, 1-Aug-05, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: kadee coupler questioner
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(...) 95% are standard Lego train 9V buffer beams (or the new snowplough buffers on some locomotives). Some models (mostly my space trains) use 2x3 plate-with-hole pieces to hold the magnet clip. In one case I used space magnet clips, but that was (...) (21 years ago, 1-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: img2sticker: Convert images into .ldr stickers
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(...) Tim, I cannot get this installed. I am running Mac OS X 10.3.9, and every time I run the script, perl install.pl img2 it creates a directory but then says "Could not copy file at install.pl line 42." Line 42 (or the 42nd line that I came to (...) (21 years ago, 1-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | SSC (was Re: Best pneumatic hexapod yet!)
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(...) Will it be necessary to switch anything at a specific time? For example, if SSC is walking forward, and it takes 3/4 of a step, then levers are flipped to make it turn (which would be reversing the legs on one side), to complete the "current" (...) (21 years ago, 1-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: New Republic Troops
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"ACPin" <ACPin@Comcast.net> wrote in message news:IKGEun.140t@lugnet.com... (...) Sarcastic Ravings: { I must say that I was quite excited when I first read your post including the word "mod" in it. I take modifying our favorite plastic bricks VERY (...) (21 years ago, 1-Aug-05, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: 4886 in negozio
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"biffuz" <gabriele@biffuz.it> ha scritto nel messaggio news:IKICpp.FJp@lugnet.com... (...) Io l'ho visto in un ipermercato di Roma, a 36 o 39 euro: non ricordo perchè cel'avevo già :) Ecco un modello alternativo (a parte ovviamente le minifig, (...) (21 years ago, 1-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: clutches
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(...) What about this (URL) ? I have successfully used that in applications requiring a clutch - in fact an elaborate multiplexer with a worm gear, two has bushes and two of these clutches. They do still crunch - but much less so than some other (...) (21 years ago, 1-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic)
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