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  Help needed for hopper feed assembly.
 
I need something which will dislodge the 2x3 and 2x4 bricks from the treads found in Technic set 8257 - I need a means to pop them off without the use of excessive or damaging force. The primary use of this hopper is so that I can rapidly and easily (...) (22 years ago, 14-Sep-02, to lugnet.build, lugnet.technic)
 
  Re: Help needed for hopper feed assembly.
 
(...) I'm missing something here: why not just let them fall off the end of the mechanism as the tread goes around the sprocket? (...) I built something similar for moving soccer balls, and discovered that it's not a great idea to try to put the (...) (22 years ago, 21-Sep-02, to lugnet.build, lugnet.technic)
 
  Tread storage
 
A solution to this problem is to turn the treads inside out, and put them around one of the large spoked wheels from the RIS[1]. It's a near perfect fit. (...) (22 years ago, 21-Sep-02, to lugnet.build, lugnet.technic)
 
  Re: Tread storage
 
"Trevyn Watson" <4tee2@rogers.com> wrote in message news:3D8D04E2.502090...ers.com... (...) Great Idea! Thanks for posting. -- Bob Fay (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 22-Sep-02, to lugnet.build, lugnet.technic)
 
  Re: Tread storage
 
(...) You can also put them between two of the large spoked wheels including the tire. That fits nicely, keeps them round and also makes for a nice large wheel. Jürgen (22 years ago, 22-Sep-02, to lugnet.build, lugnet.technic)

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