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(...) WOW!!! New and ambitious. You are off to a great start. As sturdy as your hips appear to be your Mecha is going to be about 3 feet tall when finished. (19 years ago, 9-Jan-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Marco, This is a gem of a build. I love the color pattern, the compactness of the Mecha and the brillance of the pneumatic t pieces are joints. What more can be refined? Your done! -Brian (19 years ago, 9-Jan-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Part 4: Oh no! Copying other students' work is not allowed! Well, we're getting close to the final design. I was pretty sure that the Exo-Force joints were going to be the right choice as I had always planned on an ultra-lightweight body: (URL) Also (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Thanks Mark. I'll post my progress pics in this thread. For now i have pics of the pelvis assembly and a hip joint. (URL) link> (19 years ago, 9-Jan-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) You are more than welcome to enter Sam. Build on. You have until Feb 1st to finish. (19 years ago, 8-Jan-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Is it too late to enter the contest? I'm new to lugnet so i wasn't able to post a message until today (19 years ago, 7-Jan-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Here are some works in process pics that I have taken. I have appreciated the comments. If you have more please let me know. Side Note Rant: While I am not building or looking at LEGO bricks, I don't really care that LEGO changed a few colors. Then (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Thank you, Marco! I plan to make a few changes to this (as yet unnamed) robot over the next few weekends. There are still a few areas I can improve, I think. I'll post a proper announcement when it's complete. Pete (19 years ago, 7-Jan-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) This looks so cool. You're the small mecha genius. Don't get it wrong, small is the attribute for mecha! It's really hard to do such fantastic looking work at this size! I love your work (URL) Marco> (19 years ago, 7-Jan-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Here we go, I put off posting progress pics for a while because, well, I wasn't making much progress, or to be more precise, I wasn't happy with the progress that I was making. I have two partially completed mechs waiting for scrap and finally this (...) (19 years ago, 7-Jan-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Using a rubber band is a really good idea, which I may have to borrow from you, Jeff. There is some slackness in the string, and it needs to be pulled back against the curve of the face every so often. I'm confident I can 'train' the string (...) (19 years ago, 7-Jan-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Peter Reid wrote: SNIP (URL) (...) SNIP (...) snip (...) SNIP (...) Very cool; I wonder if a small technic blue/yellow rubber band attached with a 'figure 8' twist, OR a technic cuttable soft flexible pneumatic tube affixed (...) (19 years ago, 7-Jan-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Last night I had a breakthrough with mini robot head design. I was trying variations of the basic MegaTurtle (URL) and Nova (URL) head design. And I came up with this: (URL) I thought the reversed Grevious head looked pretty cool...but it needed an (...) (19 years ago, 7-Jan-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) That's ok. So everything I showed up to now is only work in progress. I'd suggest that the official contest entry should be posted with ¬ "Iron Mecha Contest 2006 Entry" in the subject line. Marco (19 years ago, 7-Jan-06, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(URL) Mr. Jeeves - ESLC 2005 © (19 years ago, 7-Jan-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Thanks! Not entirely high-tech, but it works for now. (...) There's a bit, but not too much. It rotates pretty freely, with only light friction. I've worked on the structure a little more tonight, cleaning up the hip joint and adding a foot. (...) (19 years ago, 7-Jan-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) that's an interesting question Marco. One would think that this should be your one best effort, and yet what if a builder wanted to make a squad of mechas? I will say this. Make it your one best mecha. That said, presentation is everything. If (...) (19 years ago, 7-Jan-06, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Progress Pics Part 2: Thigh Joints I call it an "open face worm joint". It's made possible by exploiting the flanged axle's self retaining capability. (URL) deep link 1> (URL) deep link 2> (URL) deep link 3> It allows the thigh to be very narrow, (...) (19 years ago, 6-Jan-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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That new anti slop technique is great! Nice and compact. I didn't notice those knobby things weren't an "even" height. Technic has inexplicable oddities. (I'd still like to know why the worm gears are too short in the first place. It's a subtle (...) (19 years ago, 6-Jan-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Brilliant, build your dreams. 1 Hour! 1 Hour!? e (19 years ago, 6-Jan-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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