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(...) would (...) note that i do not aggree with the subject matter of the sets etc. i think that the grey hise thing would maske a great minifig dentists drill... also the fence posts would look good around a top secret military base and the guard (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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in this picture... (URL) wehat parts would have been used for the guard minifig... also what is he carrying in this picture (URL) what parts are connected to the grey hose.. and in this one (URL) what parts make up the fence posts... (25 years ago, 20-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Despite the ascii graphic, I think I get the idea. :-) I will have play around with this IRL - maybe try a clarified picture in LDraw. -- Terry K -- (25 years ago, 19-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I've been up close and personal to a drive shaft. I had an old Chevy van which liked to get into 2nd & reverse at the same time (fortuanately always while stopped - because the vehicle will not go ANYWHERE in this condition, if it happened at (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Yes. (...) I did not know that. I've accepted over time that a number of things in car suspensions must work simply by having room to wiggle a bit, but that this particulalr problem is avoided *that* simply explains a lot. (Wait till you see (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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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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