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Re: HomeBrew Electric Cords?
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 27 Jan 2000 02:00:04 GMT
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Dan Delcollo <dpdelcollo@ucdavis.edu> wrote in message
news:FoysIq.yH@lugnet.com...
> With all the homemade sensors going around I's sure someone has come up • with a
> good way to make your own electric cords right.
Your right about that. There are many ways to make LEGO connectors.
Replace the studs of a brick with brass tubes or screws or use copper foil
to make connections on the underside of a brick. Many connector ideas are
on my web page http://www.plazaearth.com/usr/gasperi/lego.htm . My personal
favorite is to cut the LEGO electric plates. They work out to only 22 cents
each. Even cutting a 9V motor wire in half makes two connectors for only
$2.25 each. Not a bad deal considering how quick the process is.
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| Cutting up electric plates is my favorite as well - you get a pretty robust "lego" connection for very litle cost. You just have to be careful while soldering not to deform the plastic. Dave Baum (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| With all the homemade sensors going around I's sure someone has come up with a good way to make your own electric cords right? or is everyone just hacking up existing cords? I need to make a fairly large batch (50 or so) and that would be some (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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