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At last - pictures of my 10-step Pneumatic Pick and Place robot! (URL) More pictures (once moderated) at: (URL) robot uses 6 large and 2 small cylinders and 9 switches. The pneumatic circuit consists of a 3-stage flip-flop and an Exclusive-OR gate. (...) (21 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.uk, FTX) !!
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| | Cheap 8455 Back-hoe Loader at Argos.co.uk
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If anyone's interested in a cheap 8455 Back-hoe Loader, Argos currently have them reduced from £69.99 to £27.49: (URL) (21 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Pic-a-Brick Central London!
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Hi all, Just seen in the last half an hour - installation of a small pic-a-brick section in Hamleys, Regent Street, London. Five rows of five open 'buckets' (25 in all!) Couldn't see the range of bricks though, workmen still installing! No idea of (...) (21 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: New to Lego Trains
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Good to hear you are going to display Lego trains. I hope it goes well. Let us know how it goes. I most common comment will be "I never knew LEGO did trains". David (21 years ago, 1-May-04, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Guardian: "Lego is in the world of Bionicle for the long-term"
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See: (URL) Building blocks for the future> (URL) Scott A> (21 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic.bionicle, FTX)
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| | Re: Best broadband
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Eclipse or Nildram are both good Eclipse gives you multiple fixed IPs if you ask, but poor binary newsgroup access (if you want that sort of thing) Nildram has better newsgroup access but only one fixed IP (I believe) both are good. BT (imho) isn't (...) (21 years ago, 26-Apr-04, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: New to Lego Trains
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(...) Good advice, especially if you want european looking buildings, but move quickly on those, I hear they're going out of stock in various places... (21 years ago, 25-Apr-04, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: New to Lego Trains
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(...) If you need buildings quickly I would advise you to get a couple of Blacksmiths cottages (set 3739) from Lego Shop at Home. I use a couple on my layout and I made one as a mirror image of the other. I would do a small station with a building (...) (21 years ago, 24-Apr-04, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | New to Lego Trains
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All, I have just joined today as I have purchased my first Lego Train set for a model railway exhibition to be held in Bangor N.Ireland at the end of May 2004.As it is my first show I intend just to have an oval track with a train and a few wagons (...) (21 years ago, 24-Apr-04, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | LEGO trains exhibited in Scotland
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I am displaying my LEGO trains at 3 Scottish Model Railway exhibitions this year. 22 & 23 May, Dumfries Ice Rink 5 & 6 June, Rothes Hall, Glenrothes 18 & 19 September, Corn Exchange, Cupar. Everybody is invited to come and watch, come and help or (...) (21 years ago, 24-Apr-04, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Best broadband
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(...) Hi Mark I had a reply to my post from another guy via Email saying exactly the same thing, so I think I'll definately be giving Tiscali a try :-). Steve (21 years ago, 24-Apr-04, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Best broadband
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(...) I'm with tiscali as you can see! It's £19.99 a month for 512k download and 256k upload, though the software says 589.8k! ADSL Modem and connection are free. In reality I've had download speeds from 30-47kb/s, depending on the time of day. I (...) (21 years ago, 24-Apr-04, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Category changes on eBay UK...
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eBay are looking for customer input on how to update the Toy category... The discussion is being held at (URL) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-04, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Best broadband
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I'm looking for a good broadband deal and I think I've found a good one, unless any of you know better. (URL) their a better broadband deal available? This one costs between £22.99 and £22.49 a month. Their ADSL modem package costs £100 but I think (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-04, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: New train MOC pictures
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(...) Larry, you wanted to see some more pictures of the Pendolino. Tony Priestman took this last year, showing the bevel gear mechanism at each end of each coach: (URL) 6-wide frame doesn't tilt, but supports the bogie below and the body either (...) (21 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: New train MOC pictures
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(...) Larry, I built a tilting train about 4 years ago but that was based loosely on the 4559. It used the same principles (slanted truck pivots) with tune-able lean angles and could snake through S-bends at reasonable speeds. Only reason I broke it (...) (21 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Bric'Mania for AFOLs
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A french message follows... Un message en français suit.. Dear AFOLs I have the joy of announcing the launch of (URL) Bric'Mania> This event is organized for you, AFOLs, and come to show us your MOCs. Bric'Mania will take place in Grenoble (France) (...) (21 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.loc.fr, lugnet.loc.eu, lugnet.loc.be, lugnet.loc.de, lugnet.loc.it, lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.events, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: New train MOC pictures
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(...) Ah, but how did it cope with double bends? The Hornby APT, which uses either slanted mounts or a contoured track, rises up on double bends in a most unprototypical fashion. My Pendolino doesn't rise up. Also, the pantographs don't tilt on the (...) (21 years ago, 1-Apr-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: New train MOC pictures
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(...) Bevel gears? WAY overengineered. Someone did a tilting metroliner that uses no gears at all, just slanted truck mounts. VERY clever. This was at least 3 years ago IIRC... I am 80% sure (but not 100%) it was either E. Brok or J. Mathis. (21 years ago, 30-Mar-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: New train MOC pictures
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(...) Kid is short for Kidderminster, where we exhibited the large layout (16ft x 12ft) earlier this month. Dby is short for Derby, where we were in April 2003. I hope my cutting out of the salient bits of photos has kept the download time (...) (21 years ago, 30-Mar-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.uk)
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