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| | | > I acquired a bunch of LEGO recently, mostly Technic, and one piece > I haven't seen before. It's basically a black 2x4 brick with three > ports for attaching air hoses. What's it for and what sets did it > come in? It seems like it might have (...) (26 years ago, 22-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | | | | Re: Identify this pneumatic piece —Fredrik Glöckner
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| | | | (...) It is? I always thought there were some kind of valves inside it which split the air into different nozzles depending on the air flow direction. But then again, I only had one as a kid, and never did any experiments with it. Fredrik (26 years ago, 23-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | | | | | Re: Identify this pneumatic piece —Sean Kenney
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| | | | (...) Well, okay, I never opened one up. But if you think about how it operates - it's pretty basic. (26 years ago, 23-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | | | | | Re: Identify this pneumatic piece —Matthew Bates
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| | | | (...) After seeing the diagram in that old Technic set, it makes more sense that this is a valve block, without valves somewhere the piston would just slide back down. Which leads me to think that the pneumatic switch is different now and has (...) (26 years ago, 23-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | | | | | Re: Identify this pneumatic piece —Selçuk Göre
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| | | | | I think it is a dacta angle sensor. Selçuk Matthew Bates wrote in message ... (...) now (...) has (...) it, (...) round, (...) a (...) (26 years ago, 23-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | | | | | Re: Identify this pneumatic piece —Duane Hess
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| | | | | Hopefully this will clear up the subject of exactly what piece we are talking about. The one I am trying to describe can be found in set 8040. I have a scan of one page in the instructions which illustrates the piece I have in mind. (URL) this piece (...) (26 years ago, 23-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | | | | | | Re: Identify this pneumatic piece —Matthew Bates
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| | | | | | (...) That's the piece! Except mine's black. Matt (26 years ago, 26-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | | | | | Re: Identify this pneumatic piece —Eric Brok
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| | | | Matthew Bates wrote in message ... (...) Which leads me to think that the pneumatic switch is different now (...) Actually, no. The crucial difference between the old and the new pneumatics system is that the old one used both pressure and suction, (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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