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Subject: 
Re: Gear spacings.
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Wed, 8 Nov 2000 10:52:13 GMT
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Duq wrote:

Can't agree with you here Jennifer. I mean, isn't this half the fun of
technic building? Working out gear ratio's, how to fit them in your model,
changing, compromising....

You have a good point there, and like yourself, part of me is in agreement.
Even with that, I think perhaps one of the most interesting things about a
program like this would be seeing if it came up with anything unusual or
non-obvious that you would never in a million years have thought of, and in
this way it could perhaps serve as a tool to give your mind a nudge into
avenues you otherwise wouldn't have explored. And then there is still the
problem of solving the bracing...

You are right though, there is a lot of satisfaction to be had from spending
days (manually) solving what seems like an impossible problem.

Jennifer Clark



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  Re: Gear spacings.
 
Can't agree with you here Jennifer. I mean, isn't this half the fun of technic building? Working out gear ratio's, how to fit them in your model, changing, compromising.... If you'd write a program like that, link it to some CAD application, and if (...) (24 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)

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