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(...) This sounds like so much fun. Not only do you get to play with Lego, but you get to be the knight in shining armour too! (...) *Jealous* (...) Well, I could do that every day at work if I wanted to, but I'm sure I would get some wierd looks :) (...) (20 years ago, 16-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I'm using Plano (various types) for individual part sorting but for the larger containers I'm using two free types: -3033/4107/4400's for bulk pieces (ie, 1xN, 2xN brick). They're not free, but they do come with every tub of pieces, and I've (...) (20 years ago, 15-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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G'Day I find you need to 'haunt' various $ stores, once in a while you can come across fairly large containers for a buck. Cheers Oliver Play well! or rather Sort Well! "Rob Antonishen" <rob.antonishen@gmail.com> wrote in message (...) (20 years ago, 15-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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<snip> (...) To save my waistline, I could go for 10-15 more, but that's about it. Other than that, see y'all on Friday Dave K (20 years ago, 14-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) For large volume items I use 3033, 4107, ect bins. For mid volume items I use Sterilite 4 quart containers from Walmart. They run between 1 and 2 dollars. They stack well, fit perfectly on narrow and wide IVAR shelving, being shallow they are (...) (20 years ago, 14-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I was at Dave K's a couple of weekends ago and saw he sorts out his bricks (mainly) using 4L square ice cream pails (like Chapman's comes in). I like this, because they are a nice size, and fit very well on shelves (as they are square). Now most of (...) (20 years ago, 14-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Naa. It had to fit in my carryon. (...) Yes. That's what I meant when I said Billund, sorry for any confusion. The large one is much larger. (...) I'm with you there, even this bigger one is no fun. A trick I was shown is to cut the sides of (...) (20 years ago, 14-Sep-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Man if if that was the price I would have filled every bag they had. Well maybe that's what you did, you're just not telling us. :-) I'm guessing someone made an error in the bag selection because that's a small bag for the by weight pick a (...) (20 years ago, 14-Sep-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Bummer. Well, I better not tell you what I actually paid for that bag at Discover Mills, then. (1) I still liked the store though, if only because it's all LEGO but has a different take on how to do an all LEGO store than the corporate vision. (...) (20 years ago, 14-Sep-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.market.shopping)
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-My friend Sophie who works at Canada's Wonderland is also an artist, and for her school project she has decided to do it on Art + Robotics! So she's asked me to help her build a painting robot of some sort, cool! We're going to make a LEGO robot (...) (20 years ago, 14-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I did a simple search and was unsuccessful, do you have a direct link? -Tim (20 years ago, 14-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) that bag. It's not even as big as a typical sandwich zip lock bag. I would guess it holds less then a quarter what that bag holds. The interesting thing is the small bag isn't much smaller then the large bag. I know some people have suggested (...) (20 years ago, 14-Sep-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.market.shopping)
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Calum: Is the large bag at the St Jacobs store the same size as this one: (URL) is it some different size? The comparision with a large cup is rather striking. This bag is the same size as the 'small' bag at Billund (and at the random brick sales (...) (20 years ago, 14-Sep-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Yes Chris, I'm secretly hiding my mindstorms skills and parts. My evil plan is to come down for a competition and while you are all dumbfounded and getting stuffed on chocolate bits, I will disable, disassemble and/ or disenchant all of your (...) (20 years ago, 14-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) Hey Tim, I came to this story through (URL) core77.com>, a neat ID e-zine. As far as I can tell (I hate reading a geeky BLOG to figure out someone's project!) it "prints" a little dot of chocolate by moving a plate under a "print head" that (...) (20 years ago, 14-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) So, how does this thing work? Some of you might recall I toted around some LEGO bricks made with various rapid prototyping machines at BrickFest (you can see a photo here: (URL) I'll have the opportunity to make more RP LEGO parts in the (...) (20 years ago, 13-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Some internet controlled/monitored "things" I've bookmarked over the years: Activemedia's telerobotics: (URL) PumaPaint - painting telerobotic: (URL) RC web car: (URL) Bradford Robotic Telescope (currently in closed beta): (URL) Web (...) (20 years ago, 13-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) I love it. Mmmm...mmm.... Chocolate.... Gggahghghhghghhghhhhhhh... (Homer Simpson drool...) So I'm thinking I'd like to free up 16 square feet of real estate in my house by taking the robocam down. However, I don't have an idea for a (...) (20 years ago, 13-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I was thinking of building some sort of remotely controlled robot like DaveK's yesterday. The best I could think of was a remote camera at the University that you could pan and tilt or a robot plotter you could draw stuff with on scrap pieces (...) (20 years ago, 13-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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OK, who's the wise guy? (URL) was this you??? Iain?? I like chocolate, I like lego.... what could be better then mixing the two?? (20 years ago, 13-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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