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Re: Lego "pegging" disks
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lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build
Date: 
Thu, 13 May 1999 21:35:42 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Frank Filz writes:

Am I absolutely dreaming, or was there an earlier set of gears which
were all grey? I seem to remember having Lego gears, but definitely
don't remember multi-color ones. Such a set would have been from the
early 70s (or possibly earlier if we found some discontinued set).

I still have a lot of my Lego parts from 60s and 70s (some pictures of them at
my site), but I'm pretty sure the first gears were the ones mentioned by Ralph.
The largest was yellow, the medium one blue and the smaller red. Axles were
white and "beams" were gray 2x4 bricks with holes on all sides. There was a red
universal joint too.

Mario

http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Galaxy/9449/



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  RE: Lego "pegging" disks
 
Ah yes, I still have quite a few of these pieces, especially the wheels with metal axles and the bricks that accept them. The belt Mario mentioned is great and can be used to turn rotation into linear motion, but it works with the old gears only and (...) (25 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
  Re: Lego "pegging" disks
 
(...) These gears are used in Marcus' Kinetoscope and Wind Mill at: (URL) they can certainly be used with Mindstorms too. Play well! Franz-Michael S. Mellbin --- Franz-Michael S. Mellbin (URL) fmm@fischer-mellbin.com (25 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)

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  Re: Lego "pegging" disks
 
(...) Am I absolutely dreaming, or was there an earlier set of gears which were all grey? I seem to remember having Lego gears, but definitely don't remember multi-color ones. Such a set would have been from the early 70s (or possibly earlier if we (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)

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