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Subject: 
Re: Falkirk Wheel - LEGO Helped!
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Date: 
Thu, 18 Apr 2002 23:10:19 GMT
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"Rob Stehlik" <robbby31@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Gus84I.4Mv@lugnet.com...

> Now Iain, you just need to whip up a fancy website for your Viper, then
> everyone will want one!

Bah, I don't think our site is ever gonna get updated!

> have plans for connecting a drive system to the center gear :) That would
> make for an awfully fun boat ride. Just think... if the people in the boat
> get bored on their way up, they could spin the center gear back and forth • a
> bit for some wishy washy excitement!

::shakes head:: Rob... :)

> Agreed. It seems that was their primary goal, to make it pretty. The
> function is essentially the same as the old one.  Or did I miss something?
> Does the new design have any distinct advantages over the old?

Well, it seems more mechanically pure... I don't know. It's pretty. It has
thorny-hooks. That's all that I care about.

    Iain



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  Re: Falkirk Wheel - LEGO Helped!
 
Wow! What a site! I love it! (...) Now Iain, you just need to whip up a fancy website for your Viper, then everyone will want one! , LEGO aparently was used in the development of the harmonic (...) Uhmmm... How is it a harmonic drive? I didn't see (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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