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RE: RCX Tank Base
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Tue, 3 Dec 2002 15:22:11 GMT
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Rob Limbaugh <RLimbaugh@[antispam]greenfieldgroup.com>
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<SNIP>
> Without the 1x4 plates there is too little friction - the
> unit was unable to
> climb over anything without them! Plus the 1x4 plates raise
> the unit up a
> little, make the tracks wider, and gives the base a much
> 'meaner', more tank
> like look. The biggest draw back to the plates is they pop-off on a
> regularly. I'm thinking about using some
> non-permenant/washable adhesive to
> keep them on the new version. I have no idea what to use,
> any suggestions?
I haven't tried any adhesives on my tracks yet, but I was thinking of trying
hot-glue if it doesn't melt the LEGO's or some tub caulk. School glue and/or
wood glue (leaning more towards wood glue) may have enough strength to hold and
it dissolves in water.
If those options would have proved futile, then my last ditch thought was going
to be to sacrifice a few plates and treads ahead of time and permanently affix
them to one another.
Now that I'm thinking about it... another option (as tedious as it may sound)
might be to take some thread (sewing, embroidery, or cross-stitch) and tie the
plates to the tread links.
- Rob
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: RCX Tank Base
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| Are non-Lego treads are out of the question? I've had lots of luck with different brands including the ones shown on my very old web page at www.borg.com/~pinkmice JB (...) (22 years ago, 3-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) > of trying hot-glue if it doesn't melt the LEGO's... There are two kinds of hot-melt glue guns - High temperature and Low temperature. I know that the low temperature kind definitely don't melt Lego and the glue does peel off relatively (...) (22 years ago, 3-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: RCX Tank Base
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| "Rob Limbaugh" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:73718FFFA963C04...oup.com... [attaching tracks snipped] (...) sound) (...) the (...) This may help stop them falling right off (as Roy Nelson says leter in this thread), but I'd be very (...) (22 years ago, 4-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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