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Re: Custom Tread Links
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lugnet.build
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Sat, 12 Feb 2005 22:05:05 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Steve Lane wrote:
> You can easily get eight wide tracks with the conveyor links, simply attach a
> 1x8 plate or tile across two lniks spaced appropriately.
I actually tried that, hoping that they'd stick well, but sadly the links seemed
to pop off pretty easily. We sorta had the same problem with NELUG's quarry
display, since the plates or bricks we stuck to the conveyor belts would keep
popping off.
I had hoped that having a double-wide conveyor would help. After all, there were
3 center posts connecting each link, and 6 all together, as opposed to the
quarry, where there were just 2 per link. But it still kept spitting off teeth
nonetheless. Not sure if it's because of the friction with the ground, or if
it's because the gaps between the links are tight enough so that they force the
plates off. Anyone had similar difficulties?
> The conveyor links are designed to accept 1xn plates where n is greater than
> four.
Actually, you can fit on 1x3 bricks or plates (or larger)-- the links fit
widthwise just BARELY within the walls of a 1x3. I was so psyched when I first
heard that (always wanting to attach stuff to conveyors), but I guess I never
had much luck.
DaveE
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| "David Eaton" <deaton@intdata.com> wrote in message news:IBtK0H.6EA@lugnet.com... (...) They seem much less likely to pop off if you can get them to snap on properly. And I really mean snap on, with an audible snapping sound. I've had 1x3 plates (...) (20 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.build)
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| (...) You can easily get eight wide tracks with the conveyor links, simply attach a 1x8 plate or tile across two lniks spaced appropriately. The conveyor links are designed to accept 1xn plates where n is greater than four. Steve (20 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.build)
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