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Re: How to build Mechs
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Date: 
Mon, 22 Jan 2001 20:10:48 GMT
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I really don't like cutting things up, and I have no Throwbots. I'm really
not into the technic stuff. there might be a way to attach clikers to a
turntable and that would simulate a primitive ball and socket. but it would
be kinda bulky...
In lugnet.build.mecha, Sun Yun writes:
In lugnet.build.mecha, Tim Milligan writes:
But how do I build ball and sockets?

I do the unthinkable but it's cheap and it works.

Get some Throwbot sets and a nice sharp exacto blade.  Start cutting at the
base of where the useless part starts.  This will basically yield 8 ball and
socket joints per set like the ones on the new technic stormtrooper and c3po
sets.

sun



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  Re: How to build Mechs
 
Not only bulky, but extremely loose fitting. You said you aren't into technic but do you have any aqua zone or arctic stuff? You can use the jointed peices with a techinic peg on one end and either two or three fingers on the other. That joint (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)

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  Re: How to build Mechs
 
(...) I do the unthinkable but it's cheap and it works. Get some Throwbot sets and a nice sharp exacto blade. Start cutting at the base of where the useless part starts. This will basically yield 8 ball and socket joints per set like the ones on the (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)

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