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Re: new electrics
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 4 Feb 2003 13:28:25 GMT
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Ahhh, this makes sense, as I guess it would be expensive to produce axle
joiners with electric contacts inside; plus it would be confusing for
most people who would try to use regular axles/axle joiners and get mad
when it doesn't work.
A wire with axles at each end for the contacts makes COMPLETE sense to
me now.
// Joe
pixel wrote:
> thanx man
> in fact i thought that the axle will be the only electric part
> i mean the axle should be connected to wire
> the axles on the ends of wire should replace electric bricks
>
> it will allow us to put the axle into a hole and then move along
> so we would put wires through the bricks and of course liftarms
> that is the main idea
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> it is VERY hard to do other elements with electric connectors inside
> remember bricks have to be designed as forms and other stuff
> to press the plastic and put the finished element out of form
> so it is almost impossible to make all elements as electric
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> i'll update my drawings to be more clear :)
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> but thanx anyway
>
> regards
> pixel
>
>
> "Joseph Woolley" <jwoolley@spamblock.insight.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:3E3F328E.7050001@spamblock.insight.rr.com...
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> > Regardless of the current state of the Lego Wire, brick, or other item
> > or the future plans of TLG for these items; I think Pixel has a good
> > idea here.
> >
> > The idea of passing the power through an axle (and axle joiners, etc)
> > would definitely open the door to some very interesting designs!
> >
> > Who knows what the future may hold ;-)
> > // Joe
> >
> >
> > Steve Baker wrote:
> >
> > > pixel wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > no but new sets are using less and less bricks
> > > > which are replaced by more and more liftarms
> > >
> > >
> > > Yes - but new sets are also using less and less yellow
> > > bricks - does that prove the immenent demise of yellow
> > > bricks?
> > > ---------------------------- Steve Baker -------------------------
> > > HomeEmail: <sjbaker1@airmail.net> WorkEmail: <sjbaker@link.com>
> > > HomePage : http://www.sjbaker.org
> > > Projects : http://plib.sf.net http://tuxaqfh.sf.net
> > > http://tuxkart.sf.net http://prettypoly.sf.net
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
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