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(...) I think starting on top of the board is okay. In our robot, parts of the robot overhang the board. I think the only thing I would draw the line at is attaching stuff to the actual board (ie, 2xN pieces) (...) C's a good idea to learn, if (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Benjamin Medinets" <bmedinets@excite.com> wrote in message news:GpMnF0.24o@lugnet.com... (...) it. That's a LOT of brown slopes, man! Iain (23 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle)
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"Calum Tsang" <tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message news:GpMLBt.ICr@lugnet.com... (...) a (...) 2x. That's good, but that's still a lot of capturing! (...) Yes, one click per frame (can't do timed-capture). It's not specifically labeled as a (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I actually can't fit everything I am bringing in my car. BUT, one of the other members is renting a trailer already (for all of his stuff) and I dropped off 7 buildings with him last weekend. (...) After my wedding in April, I will most likely (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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(...) When we did GR GATS we had seven vehicles (a pickup, two SUVs and 4 cars) worth of stuff, and that didn't include the crappy tables that GATS supplies. On Friday, we drove right out onto the show floor and unloaded vehicles, then drove out (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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(...) Here's what I did: I have stacked 3 modules. The North and South face of the stack has two vertical 1x2s bolted to each module, and a diagonal brace bolted to the top and bottom module, making an "N" shape on the north and south face. This (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) No worries on that--i'll have a milk crate full of track, and another bin full of cars, engines, and buildings (2, mebee 3, depends if i wanna bring my apartment house), and 3 modules :) Dave (23 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Hey Dave, Can you bring one extra peice of track for me... I am short by 1 peice!!!! How frustrating... Jeff VW (23 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Well, I for one really like the videos, and i don't think theyd be complete without the POV footage (but I haven't attended a train event yet, so what do I know). If youre looking for something else, Active Surplus (345 Queen Street West) (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I should have lots of straight track for the original layout I had in mind for the train yard was on 6 modules, but I'm only bringing 3 (other 3 aren't built yet) So there you are. I'll try to get some way of distinguishing my track from (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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hi... just letting everyone know that I took some more shots, and here is the latest views. I am 85% of it done at this point....still waiting on a shipment of (brown)roofing material from the (plastic) building supplier. The pics were uploaded to (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Not at all! A chapel sounds great! I've asked Iain to bring a second spacer. So we'll have two spacers, one on each side. One spacer will likely include a switch to link to Dave's yard. Anyone have 12 pieces of straight to put onto the second (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Not necessarily. I'm not sure if the Digital8 has it, but most Sony 8mm cameras have a 2x playback function that's pretty clean. My Sony SVHS has a 2x playback, so I guess I could dub it in at realtime, then capture it at 2x. (...) I have a (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) That could be slightly hazardous to the robot's health... :) (...) I wonder what happened to Chris' old tag line: "see new robot walkers at xxxxx.com"? Ben (23 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) If you can spare a Qui Gon and an Obiwan, I'll bring 2 "standard" minifigs from my collection....with the plain, regular smiley face. I won't be able to make it to the dinner, (at least I don't think so), since this weekend I have Guard Drill. (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) How about a Bridge Too Far. Going with the Scrap Heap Challenge theme, we could do bridging robots. Set a fixed distance between two tables, and an initial robot size that is smaller then the gap. Your robot must make it from one table to the (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Anyone want some Star Wars minifigures? I have a number of them-R2D2, C3P0, Qui Gon Jinn, Jar Jar, and Obiwan.* If anyone would like them, I'll bring them to Friday's dinner. It'd be cool if you could bring in Town figures in trade, but even if not, (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) 2x2, I think. I think Chris helped me chop them down to 24 inches each (eight feet). I drilled in three holes in each, making the spacing about 21-22 inches between each module. I bolted them in an offset fashion (one on each side on the (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Thanks! I had fun (...) Of course, I have nuttin' to say about snivving ideas for there was Bruces' ideas, Iain's ideas a,d a slew of others that I somehow amalgamated into Runamok 'bots. (...) I'm not doing much of my own programming, either. (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) :) I was thinking of that just last night..... I think I will need to do some module stacking (RTL 11???). Calum, did you use 1 x 2 peices of plywood to stack your modules? What am I going to do when I want to build more modules... (because I (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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