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Re: gear meshings
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 24 Jan 2000 23:17:07 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Mike Burger writes:
> I have tried to figure out the gear meshings of the standard Lego beams, half
> beams, gears etc. I came up with the concept of the Legon, the smallest
> unit of Lego measurement which seems to be about 1/32nd of an inch.
Hint: Most LEGO dimensions are single digit integer numbers of millimeters. A
brick is 8mm wide, 9.6mm tall, a stud is 5mm, an antenna (and all the similar
parts) are 3mm. Larger pieces are almost all based on the 8mm brick size (eg a
8t gear has a meshing radius of 4mm, while the 16t gear is a full 8mm).
--Ben
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| I have tried to figure out the gear meshings of the standard Lego beams, half beams, gears etc. I came up with the concept of the Legon, the smallest unit of Lego measurement which seems to be about 1/32nd of an inch. I then used a couple of (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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