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Grain elevator ideas
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Fri, 5 Jan 2001 06:15:38 GMT
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> John,
> If I use the GETS money to buy one of the packs of conveyor belts from
> myself, and then use superglue to permanently stick the mailboxes (or
> safes, lets not go there again!) to the threads, do you think that would
> fix the problem?
Michel,
Yes, glue would prevent the mailboxes from comming off.
However, our "grain" is just too course to prevent
the occasional jam. 1x1 rounds have edges. No good.
Perfect spheres would be much better, such as soccer balls.
But I think soccer balls are hard to obtain in quantity,
right? [1] They are also not yellow. Do soccer balls exist as
another type of ball or sphere without the pattern?
I have another idea. Has anyone bought the 7106 Droid
Escape set? Do the round cylinder parts come as a
hemi-cylinder or a quarter cylinder. Is the inside wall
smooth with no ribs? If so, this could be the answer
to all jamming problems. Please let me know, so I could
pick up a few 7106's.
If this does not work out, a free-running conveyor
is still fine IMO. I'll have more time in summer
to think of more ideas...
John
BTW, I started a new thread. The original thread was
getting way too long!
[1] The smallest set containing a ball would be the 3413,
which has other useful parts, like a 2x16 white plate,
white support pieces, and some Technic parts.
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| (...) It would seem to me you would have to use a non-LEGO solution for the grain itself. If the source yellow pellets from TLC were small enough that would be ideal, but that ain't gonna happen. :-) SRC StRuCtures (23 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| If you find that the option of using something non-LEGO is something you would consider, try these; Popcorn (unpopped kernels)...yellowm and recognizable! ;-) small lemon drop candy? (Lemonhead, etc) Just a couple thoughts. I'm simply overwhelmed (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jan-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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