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Re: My First Stacking Attempt
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Wed, 31 Jan 2001 04:51:33 GMT
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> My stacker, elegant?? Thanks guys. Although, I should point out that the close
> fit of my stack guides caused a lot of headaches and heartaches at the last
Well, it's the kind of polish we'd like to achieve :)
> competition. Having some room for error is a very good thing. Calum, your
> prototype is looking good. I can't quite see how the stack is going to be
> deployed though. Will you have to tilt forward and spread the wheels, and move
> the yellow thingy out of the way all at once? Will you leave the tower behind,
> or let it out front? Whatever you do, it should be good. I have come to the
It will split open at the front (the yellow thingy was temporary) as
detailed in the page:
http://peach.mie.utoronto.ca/people/tsangc/lego-kbot-stack-index.html
I put a new picture of how I think it should open, but this is a mockup.
The first iteration can stack up to four but with a wraparound frame. This
new setup is just to see if I can build an articulated frame that can
"split", I still haven't figured out how to build it a) strong and b) drivable.
That's actually the hardest part, is thinking of a way to actuate the split.
I'm thinking of having an arrow shape that pushes slanted pieces from each
side, driven down by a rack piece, sort of like a plunger that splits the
sides apart.
> realization that building mechanisms out of lego takes a lot of time and
> creativity, and more time. Have fun...
Time is the key. It's hard to get into building after a long day... :)
Thanks for the words of encouragement!
Calum
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| I just had some more thoughts on your mechanism... Using curved guides up front should elimenate most of your block alignment problems. Use a couple of those big sloped znap pieces like Chris did. This way, you would only have to drive the grabber (...) (26 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| This major (...) My stacker, elegant?? Thanks guys. Although, I should point out that the close fit of my stack guides caused a lot of headaches and heartaches at the last competition. Having some room for error is a very good thing. Calum, your (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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