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Re: Easing back into the swing of things....
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Thu, 19 Oct 2006 17:10:47 GMT
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Rob Antonishen wrote:
> On 10/18/06, David Koudys wrote:
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> > This little LEGO magnet detector may or may not be instrumental in
> > future plans.
> > :)
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> Is it a reed switch?
It looks like one.
Does it need to run lengthwise in the track bed our could it run width
wise. I'm just thinking you could probably hollow out a couple of
plates and hide the sensor bulb completely.
> > Anyway, it wasn't that difficult--the hardest part, as usual, is the
> > hot glue
> > gun--makes messes of everything--think i'll have to find something
> > better.
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> 5 minute epoxy. Much easier to control that hot melt glue. I just
> helped my daughter make a nature collage, and there were hot melt glue
> string everywhere...
While I don't have a better suggestion, 5 minute epoxy is still pretty
gooey.
A couple of dabs of a thick super glue might be easer to work with. But
the fumes tend to mark the surface of near by Lego as it drys.
> It was like we had been attacked my giant spiders
> or something!
Maybe one day you'll find out for sure. :-)
Derek
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| (...) It is--two metal leaves inside a vacuum (supposedly) (...) I'm finding that the sensor doesn't react to the magnet until the magnet gets close to eitehr end--so the sensor has to be pretty much centered between the rails for the magnet to pass (...) (18 years ago, 19-Oct-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) Is it a reed switch? (...) 5 minute epoxy. Much easier to control that hot melt glue. I just helped my daughter make a nature collage, and there were hot melt glue string everywhere... It was like we had been attacked my giant spiders or (...) (18 years ago, 18-Oct-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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