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(...) Joe, I own many 8455 backhoes. You can also buy pneumatics at bricklink.com. Once you get some pneumatics, you might want to look at a few sites that feature pneumatics: www.kclague.net (URL) (...) Kevin (21 years ago, 21-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) [snip] (...) Hi Joe, The Technic Backhoe #8455 is a great pneumatics set with ten big cylinders. It does not include any small cylinders and it uses only new studless Technic liftarm parts, no studded beams. Personally, it's one of my all time (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) one word: Backhoe set 8455 (21 years ago, 20-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts, lugnet.robotics)
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If I wanted to get started with LEGO pneumatics, how would I go about it? A search at the S@H site turned up no hits in the parts or kits, and even Dacta seems to have only one kit: (URL) ...which might be OK, but it's pretty limited, and contains a (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts, lugnet.robotics)
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(URL) was looking at the pieces just to the right of the 1x1 transparent cylindrical plate that faces front as the light. [I'm guessing the 1x1 sticks into the hole of a 1x1 Technic brick, like the Santa Fe?] They look somewhat like the angle/shape (...) (21 years ago, 16-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts)
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(...) I didn't see that one but yes I think you're right. (...) I'm guessing that it's more like the peak in that it takes a stud rather than has a stud. But I can't *say* for sure... (21 years ago, 15-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts)
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(...) Believe it or not, that's actually about what I was picturing, based on your initial description. But thank you for clarifying. :) (...) In Calum's photo: (URL) was looking at the pieces just to the right of the 1x1 transparent cylindrical (...) (21 years ago, 15-Aug-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.parts)
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Errata: In the previous post, #3 refers to "little wing" and #4 to "big wing", not the opposite, as marked (by me) in Timothy's post. My appologies, Paulo Renato (21 years ago, 14-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts)
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In lugnet.build, Timothy Wade wrote: <snipped for brevity> (...) Hi Timothy, Here are exact angles in degrees: #1 -- 63,43 #2 -- 72,65 #3 -- 66,80 #4 -- 63,64 Now, please let me remind you that the real angle of a slope is not equal to the angle of (...) (21 years ago, 14-Aug-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.parts)
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I had hoped it was going to be just a little hiccup, but I had hedged and gather lights/plates/you name it when ever they had them on sale, enough for my plans, but never imagined they would wipe the 'concept of lighting' out, but it sure looks that (...) (21 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Years back I had started converting my 9v train engines for lights. The idea was to light up some of the cars on a train. I used LEGO wire jumpers that I cut to tap off the motor, but you can always use off the shelf battery holders and wire (...) (21 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) The thing is, all these Lego light/electric items are really expensive. Single lights will cost $3-5, and a cable will be $2-$4. The transformers and speed regulators you do should not buy at Shop at hom if money is tight, at Bricklink they (...) (21 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Have you found a new supply of these parts! As far as I can tell, TLC is steadily withdrawing support for the 9v electrical parts. Most of the wire sizes are gone, I was told electric plating such as you mention is no longer being (...) (21 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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And I would recommend the following be added to your list as well Electric plates - 5037 that way you can more easily hide things, the wires work but it's hard to sometimes hide them (21 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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I'm looking to add some simple electronics to my LEGO layouts -- a porch light here, a motorized gizmo there, nothing fancy. I don't want to invest in a train set just yet. But apparently, buying only from LEGO.com, there is no way to do what I want (...) (21 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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"Joe Strout" <joe@strout.net> wrote in message news:I28B4q.10E2@lugnet.com... (...) example, (...) (well-hidden) (...) would (...) know (...) them, (...) smallest (...) Power supply: (URL) speed regulator (to connect power supply to LEGO wires): (...) (21 years ago, 10-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts)
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I'm interested in adding some simple electronics to my models -- for example, lights, motorized lifts, and so on. Ideally, I'd be able to run (well-hidden) wires from the various lights and motors to some control panel where I would have switches to (...) (21 years ago, 10-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts)
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(...) Looks red to me, also. Then again, the 10072 Beams set is always shown in catalog photos with black 44374 tri-beams, but Peeron lists them as the same PearlLtGray color that they originally made them in for the Gigamesh Spybot. I'd guess (...) (21 years ago, 8-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts)
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Hi there, I'm hoping someone can answer a question about the brick separator shown in this 1990 catalog photo: (URL) my screen it appears to be red. About the same red as the hinges shown just above it. Are my eyes deceiving me? Is my monitor (...) (21 years ago, 8-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts)
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I'm gathering a list of resources for information on Lego parts, custom parts, modified parts, parts theory, parts history, etc. for the sidebar of this group. If you have or know of some links that should be included, please email me or post them (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts)
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