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I'm working on a new mecha design which is coming along fairly well. Anyways, I have become frustrated with the 4x4 turntable part that I am using as the waist. Does anyone know how to tighten this part or have a different idea for a waist? Travis (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) I have had good luck with a very 'low tech' solution to the 4x4 turntable: I just looped a rubber band (from an old Technic set!) around the 'base' piece, so that the 'top' piece sat over it in two spots. The rubber gave some friction between (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) I used pretty much the same approach to tighten the 2x2 turntables -- I put a piece of paper in between the top and the bottom halves. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) I (...) a (...) The 4x4 turntable has one very cool feature... it has a hole running through the center that is the same size as a technic hole. One thing I have done is to use a series of small technic pieces to lock one end of a small (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Do you have any "macaroni" bricks? Use four of those and a 2x2 round brick to make your own turntable... Bryan (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Me, too. Ben -- Ben Vaughan ben@marsbase.com (URL) <jsproat@io.com> wrote in message news:38CEAFB4.B60590...@io.com... (...) using (...) piece, (...) it to! (...) put a (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Thanks for the suggestion. Due to the weight of the torso, which will increase, I ended up using a regular rubber band doubled on the outer ring and saran wrap on the inner ring. Travis (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) I'm having some difficulty picturing your techique. Could you give some more detail on it? Travis Dickinson (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) It's not the sort of thing one can LDraw very easily. I'll try to whip up a sketch and email it to you, OK? --Karim (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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If you wouldn't mind, could we get this sketch posted somewhere? I know I'd love to see it as well! Eric (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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