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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" (25 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. (...) (25 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 (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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I recently noticed that the fact that worm gears slide freely on an axle, which I've just regarded as slightly odd, can actually be of some use; to my knowledge, it's the only part that does so while being rotationally locked to the axle. What I (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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Once upon a time, (on Wed, 16 Jun 1999 12:27:17 GMT, to be precise!), John de Giorgio uttered the following profundities.... (...) I cannot find the link, but there is a fantastic pneumatic hand. There aren't any instructions, just pictures. I think (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: obsessive-compulsive (was Re: Technic piece wanted.)
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(...) From experience, I tend to refer to them (to myself) as a 2 dayer or 3 dayer: the length of time it will take to deconstruct, sort parts and store everything away. (25 years ago, 17-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: obsessive-compulsive (was Re: Technic piece wanted.)
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(...) I had no trouble accessing them. Wierd (...) I had no trouble accessing them. Wierd. Anyways, I'd call it 'Stupidly ambitious'. Just kidding! Actually, I kinda like Uber-model. ;) Jeff P.S. Anyone notice the novel The Great Hunt by Robert (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) The server is my Linux box here, running Apache, so I'm guessing that it might be case sensitive. Is there a flag I can give Apache to make it not case sensitive? And yes, I need to redo some of those pages. I've started using tables and (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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In article <3767A54B.AC794EE5@v...ager.net>, Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> writes (...) I think it's implied in almost every thing we write here :-) (25 years ago, 16-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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