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Actually, I had decided to go very big on a pyramid, which I finished last weekend. After building a pyramid on a 48x48 baseplate (nice sounding drum, by the way), went for an 80-stud wide pyramid, built upon a 48x48 surrounded by a ring of 16x32's. (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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Matthew Bates wrote in message ... (...) Which leads me to think that the pneumatic switch is different now (...) Actually, no. The crucial difference between the old and the new pneumatics system is that the old one used both pressure and suction, (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) That's the piece! Except mine's black. Matt (26 years ago, 26-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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Hey, that is one cool model. It took me a while to figure out how to build from the instructions included, but it is worth it! If there is interest, I could take pictures of the rocker-boogie with my digital camera and post pictures on my web page. (...) (26 years ago, 23-Oct-98, to lugnet.build, lugnet.robotics)
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Louise Belles wrote in message ... (...) remove (...) which (...) that (...) spots. (...) that (...) been (...) great (...) a (...) I hear you, one of my ex's, Donna (sister of RTLer Denny who doesn't post much these days) is a Structural engineer (...) (26 years ago, 23-Oct-98, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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(...) I resolved a building difficulty which would also work to stabalize a pyramid. I wanted the roof of my train station to be durable enough to remove in one piece. I reinforced the underside of the roof with narrow plates which spanned the (...) (26 years ago, 23-Oct-98, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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Hopefully this will clear up the subject of exactly what piece we are talking about. The one I am trying to describe can be found in set 8040. I have a scan of one page in the instructions which illustrates the piece I have in mind. (URL) this piece (...) (26 years ago, 23-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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I think it is a dacta angle sensor. Selçuk Matthew Bates wrote in message ... (...) now (...) has (...) it, (...) round, (...) a (...) (26 years ago, 23-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) After seeing the diagram in that old Technic set, it makes more sense that this is a valve block, without valves somewhere the piston would just slide back down. Which leads me to think that the pneumatic switch is different now and has (...) (26 years ago, 23-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Well, okay, I never opened one up. But if you think about how it operates - it's pretty basic. (26 years ago, 23-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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