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| | Re: How much weight can a LEGO chassis carry around?
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| Apologies if this double-posts, Yahoo is in a mood. I solved your problem by purchasing the lightest laptop I could find, a Sony ultralight (PGC 161L, $800 on ebay). It's a hair over 2 lbs, and I've used it on a couple projects: (URL) has a built-in (...) (19 years ago, 10-Dec-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: How much weight can a LEGO chassis carry around?
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| (...) very (...) Hi I've read the other messages in this thread, got ideas, wondered if I should reply to one of them, then decided to start a new branch instead. Ok, now some food 4 thought: (I never tried any of these, they're the result of some (...) (19 years ago, 11-Dec-05, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Re: How much weight can a LEGO chassis carry around?
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| (...) Yeah - but you can add more axles and more wheels so that the load is shared across more axles. That keeps the distance between the axles small which helps out with chassis stiffness issues too - and since you'll probably want more than two (...) (19 years ago, 9-Dec-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Bug Build followup (was Re: Keynote presentation)
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| (...) (*ahem* and LUCNY too...) (...) *snip* As a followup to the Bug Build, there was this related press release today, an excerpt from (URL) Children's Medical Center together with LEGO Systems, officially opened the newly renovated waiting area (...) (19 years ago, 2-Dec-05, to lugnet.events, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.org.us.lucny)
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| | Re: Vehicle with square wheels
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| (...) I liked it too. (...) My first thought was also of a Lego solution. I also got stuck at the point where I'd have to have plates at 22.5 degree offsets - however, I think I have an elegant solution that I came up with on the drive home this (...) (19 years ago, 7-Dec-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: LEGO Store Display Install in Portland: Oh, The Drama
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| (...) I had my digital on my belt... after The Incident, the first thing I thought (after ohcrapnonononooooooo) was, "I need a picture of this". Bob Kojima drove with me, so I handed the camera to him and he snapped it while I cowered, bleeding and (...) (19 years ago, 2-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | My latest MOC
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| I just finished uploading my newest creation, the Personal Airspeeder, to Brickshelf. The address is: (URL) About the speeder itself, it is a small, one person airspeeder. It's maximum speed, range, and flight ceiling is 60 mph, 80 miles, and 200 (...) (24 years ago, 26-Dec-00, to lugnet.space)
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| lego, center (score: 1.290) |
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| | Re: New Mecha: The Tribunal
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| Hi all, I feel kind of cheeky, posting to the thread without a word on the mecha itself. It has an awesome look about it - and I realy have a thing for tripods - this one really does live up to the image. Its interesting having real stats as well (...) (19 years ago, 1-Dec-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Need help with12v/4.5v SWITCH TRACK
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| Very good. The operation is just exactly like LIONEL switch points! The power for the switch point motor must be routed through the metal center rails - coming from the transformer. Does the transformer need to be at full throttle or do the points (...) (19 years ago, 29-Nov-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| lego, center (score: 1.290) |
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| | Re: Ideas and Suggestions for LEGO S@H
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| In lugnet.general, Kelly McKiernan wrote: SNIP (...) 1) LEGO Factory with a huge palette of parts and colors that lets you buy a model exactly to the piece, without having to buy any extra pieces. 2) Mindstorms creations with realistic-looking (...) (19 years ago, 23-Sep-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: What the? Hydraulics
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| (...) FYI: The first LEGO pneumatics system had single ported pistons. Also the only difference between pump and piston was that the pump had return springs. Here is the 60mm version of the original pneumatic single ported system. (URL) bricklink (...) (19 years ago, 23-Nov-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Active pneumatic suspension
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| Hi all, It's probably not impressive with the 7-foot-high-man-eati...go-walkers I've seen here :P but here's an active pneumatic suspension I thought up. It's suposed to be activated manually, and after a while (thanks to the "pneumatic parlor (...) (19 years ago, 24-Nov-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: What's the worst Lego-related thing you've ever done?
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| (...) Not sure about illegal but perhaps. When I worked retail if we no longer had an item and another store did we could have it shipped from a store that did. When KK1 was ending I noticed that the sets were 40-50% off so I checked the system to (...) (19 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Pneumatic Questions
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| (...) Hi Billy, A LEGO pneumatic switch has four ports. You are probably familiar with the obvious three: left, center and right. The fourth port is not obvious. When you've got pressure on one port of the piston, and you switch the switch so you (...) (19 years ago, 20-Nov-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: A three wide window
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| ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik" <brickerik@NOSPAMfree.fr> To: <lugnet.announce@lugnet.com>; <lugnet.build.schlei...gnet.com>; <lugnet.build.vignet...gnet.com>; <lugnet.castle@lugnet.com> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 8:47 PM Subject: A (...) (19 years ago, 26-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.castle)
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| lego, center (score: 1.288) |