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On Thu, February 17, 2005 3:51 pm, Calum Tsang said: (...) I think Brian's suggestion was to put it on the floor. Just use the 4 border pieces. (20 years ago, 17-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Right, that's about what we have, 4 8 foot long 1x8's, and two 4x8's. We can disassemble it etc, so it's not fixed. But as to why ply versus other materials, it's what we started with and what was easily available at the time. Calum (20 years ago, 17-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Why do you use a fixed field? For playing with kids, I used 4 6' long 1x4's with swing hasps (you know, the latches that close with a pin or padlock) at the ends to form an enclosure by pinning the four ends together in a square. Then use (...) (20 years ago, 17-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Thoughts: -rtl20. Go to a "virtualised" playfeild. As far as I know, we use the big plywood playfeilds to give us walls, right? So we can use touch sensors. Since everyone (?) has two light sensors, what about doing a trial run sometime where (...) (20 years ago, 17-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) is great and baby you were too late then hey its all 4 u an then theres uuuuuu uuu...uuu u. an iiiii want to fly away with you and i....... want to fly, into the sky. (20 years ago, 17-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Well, I also know of a place where we can find a somewhat smaller playfield that is already painted and (mostly) perfectly flat. ;) I'd rather have the big one, though. Fron what I saw, it was a little more than the edges, but I'll make a (...) (20 years ago, 17-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) If the damage is isolated to the edges of the plywood, then consider cutting it down. I think a somewhat smaller playfield is better then a warped and ruff one. Derek (20 years ago, 17-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) If the weather is clear, I'm going to open it up on my driveway this weekend and examine it. The issue is it will still be below 0 so painting outside is out of the question. Painting inside will incur fumes and such in the abode, but I'll see (...) (20 years ago, 17-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) The tube is wider than the balls so the balls are sitting in a zig-zag fashion all the way up--one ball that is high enough to fall out won't 'cause it's resting against the opposite wall. Then it gets pushed up and the second ball that's (...) (20 years ago, 17-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Do you think we need to buy new sheets of plywood? Sand the surface a bit? Is there anything I can do to help?! Calum (20 years ago, 17-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) i wish i could make it to an event! but yes i do live in Oregon. i'm still hoping that there is some way i can make it to Brickfest this year. thanks for the compliments on the design. i can't take all the credit. i saw a design up in Seattle (...) (20 years ago, 17-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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On Wed, February 16, 2005 10:11 pm, David Koudys said: (...) into such a narrow path, like you have there. It's also funny how two balls come out at a time, even though only one is fed in at a time. It's cool to see all those quirks. This stuff is (...) (20 years ago, 17-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Thanks Tobbe, I'm having a pretty good time with this GBC stuff! Dave K (20 years ago, 17-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) first for everything. Looks sweet. Need to get my hands on a few balls... /T (20 years ago, 17-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Made a little video of my GBC (and I modified it jsut a bit--strengthening and all that...) Download the video here-- (URL) K (20 years ago, 17-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.technic)
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(...) I certainly understand that - heck, I only live about 2.5 hours from Steve, and while I've discussed the GBC with him and other extensively, I've yet to actually make it to an assembly. Four modules completed, including a forklift (reads (...) (20 years ago, 17-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) All the more reason to do rtl19: Tightrope of Terror. (...) (That's about 4.8 mm for the Canadians reading along) Iain (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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On Wed, February 16, 2005 4:26 pm, John Guerquin said: (...) oh, come on. If I had the choice between playing with little blocks, or playing with my balls... hmm. wait. I do have that choice. And, usually I play with little blocks?!? Something's (...) (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I have to be there--I have the arena at my place. Speaking of which, the arena is in *very* bad shape--plywood doesn't like water and all that. I'm going to try to paint it, but I'm telling you, iths not pretty. If anyone builds their 'bot (...) (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Oh, man, I'm so far behind on mine. I'm trying really hard but I just haven't been able to get the juices flowing. I'm still going to put a push on to get it done. I'll be there no matter what I end up with. Derek (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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