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Hey Rob, I think Iain will be building a gantry, but a drawbridge or a lift bridge would be cool! I think there are a lot of mechanical things to consider in order to make it work properly and smoothly.. If you want to borrow some track, I'll bring (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Hi everyone, Thanks for the people who liked my steering. That really was the only good part about my robot. I thought the rest was hopeless... I will bring it (just the steering mechanism!) to the dinner on Friday. I can also bring the window (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Good picture of the monkey bars! I should go build one soon. ....unfortunately robotics 9 is like soooo far away.... Hmmm.... DO we really need such a long time to build the monkeys? Lets do RTL9 earlier! Rob (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I agree, this was great for the newcomers! (...) I too had a great time! I wisely decided not to fix my stoopid sorting mechanism, and ended up in second place! Bruce was very happy about that! About your strategy, Chris and Steve, I thought (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) see, that post was a tuff one for me. I really wasn't sure If i would be offending too many people in one go. BUT i did put a warning. It was all in good fun. I'm glad it made you laugh. It took me about 20 min to compose that e-mail then, (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) You MAY have a great source of shirts already lined up, but I did want to mention that John Neal, being a LEGO fan, may be able to give you a bit of a break on pricing/setup. He does low volume shirts all the time since he runs a silk screen (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) (URL) was the original design I was going to go with. The actual parts on the back will vary, when it was designed, rtlToronto was a Technic only group. Obviously the shirt will have a mix of Technic and Train parts :) You're certainly welcome (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) So where will the printing be...on the front of back...if only one side was printed on...say with a cool picture(s) and the rtlToronto logo...we could have the other side to customize it ourselves with a picture of a train / our name / (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) rack!!!! :) No...seriously...that is amazing that you'd build something like that sooo quickly....unfortunately robotics 9 is like soooo far away.... Benjamin Medinets (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Chris Magno" <cmagno@home.com> wrote in message news:3B2436CB.626ABE...ome.com... (...) Iain (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Well, the problem with that is the insanely high cost of doing screen setups. Most of the production cost of the shirt (which I've been putting off for ages) is really the cost of getting films made of the camera ready art, then getting those (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Ohhh...I am soo looking forward to Train2...actually I can't even wait until we meet this Friday at Mel's so we can discuss more about the layouts and stuff....<and the robotic guys can talk shop...at the other table :) > I'll have a few (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Yes, I read annual reports for fun sometimes (at least BCE and George Weston Limited)...look at the recommended age for this Annual Report: (URL) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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K, now that i'm thru laughing from reading Chris's post (and then subsequently Calums, who hit the proverbial nail on the head when he says that I'm into trians and that rtlTorontoTrain2 will be *the* event of year 2K1)... I've uploaded my pics from (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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i have a BETTER pic of what the new game ladder might look like. Bruce, went and build a bigger and better version the pic is here: (URL) my newly revamped walker page @ (URL) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I'll probably ask for all three for train2, but I think for r9, two might be adequate. I was pleased with the actual location, very much so. (...) Hey, Iain did the video, I just brought the PC. BTW, I love FOH stuff, so its no problem for me. (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) the point of making it "hard" to hit the button is to force the robot to do something other then, swing forward. with a button placed at "some point" then people are "forced" to use an RCX. the whole reason we have these games is to give us a (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Chris Magno" <cmagno@home.com> wrote in message news:3B240F3D.2883BA...ome.com... (...) Why couldn't the robot just have a pole on it, that hits the button when it runs into it? (or would the button be mounted vertically under the robot or (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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several of us were chatting about a new game. to those people I have some more questions. I stopped of at the shop and built a small 2 rung ladder. this I what I've learned. who ever builds this ladder will need: 1. 12' length of 1/2 copper pipe is (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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