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Re: HomeBrew Electric Cords?
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Date: 
Thu, 27 Jan 2000 02:23:44 GMT
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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

In article <Foz1r5.69p@lugnet.com>, "Michael Gasperi"
<gasperi@alynk.com> wrote:

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.





--
reply to: dbaum at enteract dot com



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(...) Yes, preshaping the wire and pre 'tinning' the ends is best. You also must take care when cutting the plates that you don't splay it out. (Why lego doesn't make 2x2's!) I have a web site that shows a few projects with electric plates. (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)

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Dan Delcollo <dpdelcollo@ucdavis.edu> wrote in message news:FoysIq.yH@lugnet.com... (...) with a (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)

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