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Isnt that the same as the white clutch gear. Here is a link to it: (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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Tech question for us: Any body know what an Anti-Backlash gear is? If Lego made one, we would all have super precise Robots and mechanisisms! BERG carries them... Anybody know what I'm talking about? (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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I read somewhere in the past as an official "Legostatement" from TLC - that no lubricants of any kind should be used with the gears, wheels, axles, pcs. etc... However, it sounds like some people have had success using controlled amounts. I do know (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Try Pegasus (version 3.12c), you have tag-marks to select whom to reply to from all the entries in the header, works perfectly. Andreas (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Andy Gombos writes: > So what software does this? If it is so common to have in an > e-mail program, then which do it? I know of no email software with a "Reply to Recipient" command -- *THAT* is the problem. That's why mailing list operators are (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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So what software does this? If it is so common to have in an e-mail program, then which do it? Andy (...) (24 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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"Steve Baker" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:3AC937B7.A66D86...ail.net... (...) turntables? I (...) to (...) Hmm... I have an older turntable (circa 1995ish) and I'd lubricated it about a year after I got it with HO train (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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I did that on my oldest turntable : took it apart, thoroughly removed all dust and added a SMALL drop of silicone oil. Works fine since... Philo (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Steve Baker writes: > > If you're stuck using software you can't change, ask the author to fix it. > > Well, I maintain that since everyone won't do that, There is no point in discussing this issue further. Spend your energy fixing your software, or (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I don't think that's commonly available - I don't see it under either PINE or Netscape 4.x (the two mailers I use regularly). The observed fact that I get duplicate replies to nearly every message I post to this list suggests that even if that (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Steve Baker writes: > Chris 'Xenon' Hanson wrote: > > > I can't enumerate the number of time's (like just a moment ago) > > that I replied directly to the sender, not to the list, forgetting > > to change the To line. > > What ends up happening is (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) DISCLAIMER: I've never tried this... I'd definitely avoid any kind of liquid lubricant. I'd guess that a dry graphite lubricant would work - the kind of thing that's recommended for lubricating door locks that comes with a nice thin nozzle to (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Greetings, Any suggestions to safely yet effectively lubricate technic turntables? I have four which are somewhat stiff and require a fair amount of torque to rotate. Thanks in advance! Cheers, Carl Jagt (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Ditto. I find this *INCREDIBLY* annoying - because this is the only one of over a dozen mailing lists that I'm subscribed to that works this way. What ends up happening is that people *don't* politely edit the 'To:' lines - instead they hit (...) (24 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I've built a few line followers to see how fast I can do the test track - but I've concluded that you have a quality/speed tradeoff. I've built robots that *approximately* follow the track at these kinds of speeds - but without some kind of (...) (24 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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In Creative Projects I make recommendations on line followers. One of them is to add a touch sensor that you can use as a trigger to grab the light levels of the line and the surface and store them in memory. Then you can use the average of those (...) (24 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi Folks, Two BrickBots.Com contests ended last week, and here is a rundown of the results. First, the Top Spinning Challenge - Get as many tops spinning simultaneously for as long as possible. (URL) Tip Top Top Tipper Score: 27 points! (URL) (...) (24 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) In my experience, one wants to reply to the list more often than just to the sender. Perhaps I'm wrong. In any case, anyone wishing to just reply to the sender would remove the list address from their outgoing message, and fill in the sender's (...) (24 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) No no no no no no no!!!! I ABSOLUTELY hate mailing lists that do that; it makes it near impossible to reply just to the sender. --Ken (24 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) HeHeHe !!! :-) (24 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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