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Re: new part description changes?
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Date: 
Thu, 20 May 1999 01:59:51 GMT
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On Wed, 19 May 1999 18:23:27 GMT, Joshua Delahunty
<dulcaoin@alumni.cse.ucsc.edu> wrote:

> Terry K wrote:
> > 
> > On Tue, 18 May 1999 16:46:24 GMT, "Adviesbureau Noord/Zuidlijn"
> > <nzlijn@euronet.nl> wrote:
> > 
> > > Terry K wrote:
> > > 
> > > > There were some suggestions for description changes on the new parts.  Any
> > > > support for these changes, or leave the parts as-is?
> > > 
> > > > > 2871.dat  http://hugin.ldraw.org/JJ_Memorial/voting/2871.gif
> > > > > Current Description:  Electric Train Motor  9V Decorative Side
> > > > >   New suggestion:    Electric Train Motor  9V Bogie Detail
> > > 
> > > Speaking as the author of this part,  I like the idea of using the word
> > > "Bogie" in the description. But also I would like to express in the name
> > > that you normally clip this part on the side of the train motor.
> > > So I would prefer the following description:
> > > 
> > > Electric Train Motor  9V Bogie Side Clip
> > 
> > I favor this one as well.
> 
> The term "bogie" refers to the _swivelling_ function of a wheelset.
> 
> I can't see what about 2871 marks it with that function.
> 
> The addition of a bogie plate to the motor would give a bogie function,
> but that doesn't have much to do with 2871.
> 
> IMHO, 2871 adds "suspension" to a motor, but not bogie features.
> 
> ----
> From WWWebster:
> 
> Main Entry: bo·gie
> Variant(s): also bo·gey /'bO-gE/
> Function: noun
> Inflected Form(s): plural bogies also bogeys
> Etymology: origin unknown
> Date: 1835
> 1 : a low strongly built cart
> 2 a chiefly British : a swiveling railway truck b : the driving-wheel
> assembly consisting of the rear four wheels of a 6-wheel automotive
> truck
> 3 : a small supporting or aligning wheel (as on the inside perimeter of
> a tank tread)
> ----
> 
> While some bogies (railroad bogies especially) might have this sort of
> side decoration, not all bogies (in the generic use of the term) would.
> 
> Furthermore, plenty of railway wheelsets have suspension such as that
> shown on 2871, but they don't swivel and so wouldn't be a bogie.
> 
>  -- joshua

Once again, Joshua's argument is sound.
So, any other good name suggestions?

-- Terry K --



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(...) [snip] (...) [snip] (...) Maybe to drop the word "Bogie" from the description. This leaves us with: Electric Train Motor 9V Side Clip Or we can use my original description: Electric Train Motor 9V Decorative Side It's a tough one, isn't it? (...) (27 years ago, 21-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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  Re: new part description changes?
 
(...) The term "bogie" refers to the _swivelling_ function of a wheelset. I can't see what about 2871 marks it with that function. The addition of a bogie plate to the motor would give a bogie function, but that doesn't have much to do with 2871. (...) (27 years ago, 19-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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