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Re: How do you build an elevator?
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Tue, 6 Oct 1998 21:47:15 GMT
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Though it messes up your already nice measurements, try making your shaft 5x5
and put plates or tiles vertically on the outside of your 4x4 car so it doesn't
flop back and forth so much. And/or try some rounded or sloped pieces on the
roofplate of your car and underneath the floorplate to help guide the car
better. You might have to get creative before you find something you like. Even
many real elevators flop around a little.
I did an elevator once for a spacebase, but the shaft was not fully enclosed. I
used lots of L bricks on opposite corners to help minimize friction from
excessive surface area. It did not work well either. I would try my method above
if I still had my base together.
Greg Kramer wrote:
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> I've seen pictures of people's town buildings that have working elevators in
> them, and I want to know how you got them to work. I don't want something
> Technic or motorized. Just something that's minifig scale to fit into a
> town building. I tried a simple prototype 4x4 elevator shaft with a door on
> one side, with a solid 4x4x6 elevator car fitting in there exactly, but that
> didn't work. The problems I ran into are:
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> 1) The elevator car won't slide smoothly in the shaft. Because Lego
> tolerances are so tight, I can't get a car to actually go down a shaft just
> by gravity alone.
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> 2) As the elevator gets pulled up toward each floor, the car catches on the
> plate used for the floor above.
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> I'm not sure if those problems make sense as I've written them, but the real
> question is: How Did You Guys Make Yours Work?
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> -Greg Kramer
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