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"Bridge Over Troubled Water" "Bridge Over Troubled Linoleum" "A Bridge Too Far" "A Brick Too Far" "How Long Is The Gap? 6 Feet. How Wide Is The Gap? 1 Foot. I Will Build My Bridge ACROSS The Gap." (apologies to The Goon Show) Personally, I like "A (...) (23 years ago, 13-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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If Rob will permit me to answer for him (HAH! Like there's anything he could do about it :), I saw that and thought it was a very good idea because whenever I use a diff, the two axles always slide in and out whenever I try to put something on the (...) (23 years ago, 13-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) You could power the track by using 12v conductor rails. That would actually let you cheat a bit, the suspension wheels could ride in the track between the conductors. You would have to use the old style 12v pickups to get power from the track. (...) (23 years ago, 13-Nov-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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(URL) sure most of you have seen DLT, DDS and 8mm autoloaders or even the big tape silos out there-Peachy and it's companion server Blueberry are both backed to a DLT loader in MIE-they're tape drives with a robot to grab a tape and put them into (...) (23 years ago, 12-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Rob, I noticed that you put half bushings on the ends of the axles inside the differential. what purpose does this serve? when I put together a differential, I just put the gears on the end of the axle. the end. What am I missing? -- Chris (...) (23 years ago, 12-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Figure out a name for the rtl11 Contest that's funny and witty. It should be in the form of: rtlToronto11: Fall Into the Gap rtlToronto11: No Robot is an Island. Use the words "bridge" or "gap" or "island" or some combination. Extra points if you (...) (23 years ago, 12-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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St. Jacobs LEGO store. Rotation Sensors. $20. GO. Iain (23 years ago, 11-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Hi Paul, You can get a 1.5 or 2.0 upgrade package for a small fee from Lego Shop@Home. Give them a ring at 1-800-267-LEGO. However, it's not really worth the money unless you have small kids-the 1.5 and 2.0 upgrade kit is mostly software plus (...) (23 years ago, 11-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) <snip> (...) Yeah, I tried to build it myself. I found it to be unreliable for a practical application. However, it did get me thinking about other configurations for this type of device. Mario and Giulio Ferrari's book has a couple of good (...) (23 years ago, 11-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) A two way direction splitter is much simpler and compact. The best way to do this is with a differential. Just ratchet the output gears in opposite directions, and you have a simple, reliable direction splitter. I used this to control two (...) (23 years ago, 11-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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