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Re: Circular airlock!
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lugnet.space, lugnet.build
Date: 
Mon, 1 Jul 2002 13:41:01 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:

  That's magnificent!  It reminds me of the "transporter" on my old
  Star Trek playset (wow, that was a LONG time ago--1977, I think)
  that worked on a similar principle.  But I haven't thought about
  it since--that's an excellent employment of a rotating design.

Thanks Lindsay.

  Could you use the other "mating" arches--the roof ones--in such a
  design?  That would make grey an easier proposition, because not
  many of us likely have the inverse arches in grey in large numbers.

You could, and that was my original idea, but then you couldn't use the 1x4
w/ studs on side, you'd have to use something that accepts studs (i.e. 2 1x2
technic bricks w/ two holes).  And I couldn't find mine. :-(  So yes, either
way works.

Thanks,

-Chris



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(...) That's magnificent! It reminds me of the "transporter" on my old Star Trek playset (wow, that was a LONG time ago--1977, I think) that worked on a similar principle. But I haven't thought about it since--that's an excellent employment of a (...) (22 years ago, 1-Jul-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)

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