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(...) Hi John, from your description I'm 99% certain it's the Hailfire droid wheel: (URL) (19 years ago, 19-Aug-06, to lugnet.parts)
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(...) Sounds like it might be the wheels from this set? (URL) (19 years ago, 19-Aug-06, to lugnet.parts)
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I will try to describe this as best as I can.I do not have a digital camera or I would post a link to it.Well,here goes, it is round,overal diameter 8 3/8inches +-,inside diameter is 6 3/4 inches +-,at first glance it looks like a bike wheel.The (...) (19 years ago, 19-Aug-06, to lugnet.parts)
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(...) thanks for the cross posting, allan, forgot about that group. i'm going to continue work on the folder, always with the hope that someone really is looking at it in places that count. (19 years ago, 18-Aug-06, to lugnet.build, lugnet.parts, FTX)
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(...) deborah, That original thread has been one of my favorites since you first started it. For those who may have missed it the first time around, I dug up the link: (URL) liked your ideas then... and still do. I'm also still hoping for my 3x3 (...) (19 years ago, 18-Aug-06, to lugnet.build, lugnet.parts)
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(...) Actually, it would be easy enough for someone with electronics and microcontroller experience just to build a new receiver. You typically record the IR signals on a PC, figure out how they're coded, then program a microcontroller to decode (...) (19 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod)
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(...) I’m still trying to figure all that out. If I make 20+ at a time it wouldn't be horrible but it's still a little time consuming. Here’s a short list of components 1 IR receiver base <not listed on bricklink yet so ???...??? 2 28guage 4 strand (...) (19 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod)
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(...) Ondrew (...) (URL) would be interested in purchasing the modified version. Any idea of the cost based on your parts, etc? (19 years ago, 2-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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(...) i'd be happy to take some detailed photos but i suspect that the person will need to see the circut in person. from what i can tell the control circut that takes the IR signal and makes the thing work is buryed under a black blob. i should (...) (19 years ago, 1-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod)
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(...) It would be a useful exercise for someone with electronics skills to (if possible) figure out the IR stuff and draw up a circuit diagram for the IR baseplate piece. (19 years ago, 1-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod)
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(...) It's a nice modification, but I can't help thinking it'd be better and cheaper all round to just build an IR receiver circuit for this - there's very little of the original configuration left in your mod. One mod I would like to see (to save (...) (19 years ago, 31-Jul-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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(...) <SNIP> (...) Well, its persuaded me to go and get one to modify sometime :) (...) Seeing a the instructions are already here (in your post). I'd look at selling preassembled units rather than explaining how to further than you already have. (19 years ago, 31-Jul-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod)
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Hey all, Well I’m at it again. This time I bring you something with more usability. As most of you reading this should know the Lego Company recently released 2 IR train sets. While the idea is great, the implementation left much to be desired. The (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jul-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.trains.org, FTX) !!
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I have been objective to the standard part colour combinations from TLG for a few years now. This post is not a bashing of new greys or browns. Axles have always been black, so to friction pins. Many parts have always been produced in few colours. (...) (19 years ago, 19-Jul-06, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.color, lugnet.parts, FTX) !!
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(...) well apparently i was a dummy and forgot to post this in other groups. oops. additional pictures of this mod can be found here: (URL) (19 years ago, 14-Jul-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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(...) cool trick. i just use 2 1x16 bricks and an exacto knife. (...) i've been doing this since i was probably 8. i found that rail nippers work really well for this. (...) snip cool stuff, ondrew (19 years ago, 13-Jun-06, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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A few part mods for the brave: I decided that buying 32x32 baseplates and cutting them in two was cheaper than buying twice as many 16x32 baseplates. The question is how to make a reliable straight cut. I've used 4x8 plates for rigidity and slider (...) (19 years ago, 12-Jun-06, to lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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A few keen-eyed Brickshelf followers might have noticed my latest parts mod, cutting up the 1x4 black and yellow striped tiles in order to make the chevron patterns for loco ends. I used a Stanley knife, followed by a thin modelling saw to cut them (...) (19 years ago, 30-May-06, to lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Here's a scan of both complete sets of characters : (URL) printing is definitely better on the current ones. Chris (19 years ago, 20-May-06, to lugnet.parts)
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(...) Also lugnet.db.brictionary ;) (...) I support the idea of standardised names for tyres - I would probably vote for millimetres, as that would match better with the most of the ones molded by TLC. And I would further suggest that wheel (...) (19 years ago, 30-Apr-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.parts, lugnet.db.brictionary, FTX)
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