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Re: More Pix
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Fri, 6 Apr 2001 12:05:36 GMT
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How about a link for those of us who missed it the first time?
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Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D.
"Christopher Snead" <chalcedony@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hello again! Thanks everyone for all of the kind words regarding Cepheus.
> I've posted some more images of him, as well as of some other stuff I've • made.
> The small insect looking mechs are simple, but fun. I had planned on • trying to
> mass produce them as some sort of insectoid army, but LEGO hasn't been • making a
> lot of sets with the little claws I was using for hands or the Technic
> peg-hinge thingies that I used for joints, so, oh well....
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> One of the pictures I posted of Cepheus shows him standing on one leg. • This
> isn't a trick or anything; it really can do this! (Of course, I typically • have
> to spend five to ten minutes balancing it properly) This demonstrates the
> power of the joint mechanism used. Someone had asked about it, so I also
> included a large picture of an arm joint. The Idea is that a gear is kept • in
> contact with a round Lego thingy (you'll have to forgive my total • ignorance of
> LEGO terminology) by springs. When you bend a joint, it clicks from one • tooth
> of a gear to the next. The downside is that, at least on Cepheus, no • joint is
> ever sraight (at 180 degrees). Newer designs overcome this problem by • using a
> second, smaller gear. Also, you might have noticed that in one of the • pictures
> Cepheus has brown parts on him; in other pictures Cepheus is all black and
> grey, and has shoulder pads. He underwent some changes when I bought the
> Darkside Developer kit. Anyway, the shoulder pads are easily removable,
> depending on my mood.
>
> So, I think I'm done posting pictures for a little bit. I was borrowing
> someone's digital camera, and they wanted it back, and said they wouldn't • loan
> it to me again because I kept it for so long :{ But I'll definitely be • keeping
> an eye on all of the cool stuff going on, now that I can post messages. • And
> this summer, I'll probably tackle my next big project, which will either • be a
> newer endoskeletal type mech, or maybe a Giant Zrk or something. Thanks • again
> for the warm welcome and kind words!
>
> Christopher
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