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Re: gender changers?
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lugnet.build
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Sun, 17 Jan 1999 20:31:45 GMT
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On Tue, 12 Jan 1999 23:32:07 GMT, "Linc Smith"
<ldsmith@pfc.forestry.ca> wrote:
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> Josh Spaulding wrote in message ...
> > Moreover, the new ones
> > don't grip nearly as tightly as the old ones, thus compromising a builder's
> > ability to make sturdy hinges with the rod/clip system.
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> I'll take this opportunity to ask if others think the newer 8-tooth gears
> slide on axles as if they were a worm gear (slight exaggeration). There is
> very little friction to hold a 8-tooth in place. I am often sorting through
> a pile of gears looking for a tight (old) one when I can not reinforce with
> a full or half bushing. If find newer bricks are looser too... all but the
I nevcer noticed this with the ones that came in my 8880 or mindstorms
- that's all the newer technic I have, tho. :)
I do find that worm gears nowadays slide on axles as if they were worm
gears. I had one worm gear from before the Dark Ages, which sjhould be
from 87 or older, thereabouts, and tht one sits (relatively) tightly
on the axle.
> cross axle 1x2's, which pretty well cement themselves to any other piece
> they are placed on.
I noticed that too. very strong cement.
Jasper
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| Josh Spaulding wrote in message ... (...) I'll take this opportunity to ask if others think the newer 8-tooth gears slide on axles as if they were a worm gear (slight exaggeration). There is very little friction to hold a 8-tooth in place. I am (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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