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| | Re: (was: The pole reverser - what's it do?) Old Style Trick Use
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(...) I had successfully used just such a mechanism in 2006 at Brickfest in DC with a remote control I used to run part of my GBC components. The remote allowed users to steer a chute left or right and try to make the balls hit a moving target. The (...) (16 years ago, 25-Feb-09, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: Powering Power Functions Using a 9V Train Regulator
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(...) ;o) Rob explained the problem you encounter - there is nonetheless a workaround using only LEGO components, explained here (URL) Sorry, it's in French, you'll have to use a web translator. A big warning: using this setup, it is possible to (...) (16 years ago, 25-Feb-09, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Powering Power Functions Using a 9V Train Regulator
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(...) Hi Dave, What you're missing is that the IR Receiver requires a specific PF input.. if you ask me that was a small oversight on the part of LEGO as far as backwards compatibility is concerned, but there is a relatively easy workaround. You can (...) (16 years ago, 25-Feb-09, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Powering Power Functions Using a 9V Train Regulator
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(...) The receiver works on the outer most two contacts of the PF cable, and the "legacy 9v" run on the inner most two wires. Basically, outer wires for the power bus for controllers, and inner two wires for load items such as lights and batteries. (...) (16 years ago, 25-Feb-09, to lugnet.technic)
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Calling all EE's, robotics nuts, technic gurus, PF fanatics, and electronics geniuses... So by using the PF to 9V connector wire, I can run a PF motor using the 9V Train regulator. This is all wonderful...until I try to put an IR receiver between (...) (16 years ago, 25-Feb-09, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Cross-stitch patterns
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Has anyone ever used cross-stitch patterns for Lego mosaics? I just grabbed a few of my mother-in-law's books (she isn't using them anymore) and I'm wondering if I should keep them for Lego use or trade them away. Thanks, Paul Sinasohn LUGNET #115 (...) (16 years ago, 25-Feb-09, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: (was: The pole reverser - what's it do?) Old Style Trick Use
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(...) -snip- (...) You guys got to try this: Get one of the RC Racer units. You know how the steering motor only turns a little to the left and right with the remote? Well, connect a small axle to the steering motor and the polarity reverser. Like (...) (16 years ago, 24-Feb-09, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: Little White Thing
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(...) I am working on getting us some of the red helmuts. The (URL) 'Technic Bionicle Mask Inner' (57702)> comes in most of the (URL) Toa Mahri>. (URL) I have a few unopened cases of the (URL), see if you can find some locally. If not we will work (...) (16 years ago, 24-Feb-09, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO, well, Bionicle on The Sarah Connor Chronicles
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I was amazed how he sounded exactly like my son and his friends describing their Bionicles: Kid 1: This is poobah, the Toa of Ring Ding who fights the mighty Doo-Dah. Kid 2: This is the Lord of Wigga-wigga, destroyer of the Mattootaa in the Fleeble (...) (16 years ago, 24-Feb-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: Little White Thing
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(...) Yeah, could need one. BTW, what is that trans-blue part from? Maybe, I could get both at once :-) (...) Marco (16 years ago, 24-Feb-09, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | How to have geometry locked
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Hello, I would like to import geometry in MLCAD and using it as reference then it should be locked and unselectable. Importing an external DAT file, it has read as several triangles and also if I gruop them in a single element is very heavy to work: (...) (16 years ago, 24-Feb-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: The pole reverser - what's it do?
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(...) I've gotta agree with that question: I loved the fact that the old one can turn 360 degrees and have used that option to make it do some fun and screwy things. In fact, you can use it like one of those mechanical timer outlet things, like one (...) (16 years ago, 24-Feb-09, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | dark grren crocodile and german TEE train PF
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Hello all! I have been playing around with some power functions ideas and here are the results: Link once moderated: (URL) deep links: (URL) has been a very nice challenge to make the trains look good while containing all the PF stuff :-) The (...) (16 years ago, 24-Feb-09, to lugnet.trains) !!
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| | Re: The pole reverser - what's it do?
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I have a related question: Why did LEGO add a permanent post to the new switch? The old polarity switch could turn 360 degrees if you didn't add a post, but the new one only turns as far as its built-in post allows. I will grant that I've never (...) (16 years ago, 24-Feb-09, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | NELUG to display at the 1st Annual Westside Model Train Show
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The New England LEGO Users Group (NELUG) will have a small display this weekend at the 1st Annual Westside Model Train Show in West Springfield, MA. The show is Saturday, February 28th from 10am to 4pm at the West Springfield Middle School, located (...) (16 years ago, 24-Feb-09, to lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.vt)
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| | Robot podcast interviews
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***Apologies for multiple postings*** Dear Colleagues, I hope you will find this robotics podcast interesting and useful: (URL) podcast interviews are intended as a top-quality information resource for robotics. They target a general technically (...) (16 years ago, 24-Feb-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: The pole reverser - what's it do?
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(...) You can see the schematics for the PF lights on Philo's page, to be more precise, here: (URL) (16 years ago, 24-Feb-09, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: The pole reverser - what's it do?
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(...) And the winner is...... C!!!! I put my meter on the outside poles and got nothing. open. I put my meter on the inside poles and found 9M ohms in one direction but 6M in the other ? This means the lights[1] use the same source as the IR (...) (16 years ago, 24-Feb-09, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Little White Thing
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(...) (3 URLs) The L?T's. (...) Jinks! I found another blue one! But I don't think I will make another LBT. However, I would like to get one of these (you need one too): [LEGOSet 3540] (...) Eric (16 years ago, 24-Feb-09, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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