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RE: Mechanical pneumatic piston
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 10 Oct 2003 14:29:00 GMT
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At 10:01 AM 10/10/2003, you wrote:
> That would be true if it weren't for the axle hole. If you did as you
> suggest, each worm would start at a different point in relation to the axle.
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> -- Russ
Hmm...yes, now I see. Unless you owned sequential worms, it wouldn't fit.
Thanks for clarifying. Now I see what Steve was driving at.
~Mike
> -----Original Message-----
> From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway@lugnet.com]On Behalf
> Of Mike Thorn
> Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 6:38 AM
> To: lugnet.robotics@lugnet.com
> Subject: Re: Mechanical pneumatic piston
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> > Steve Baker articulated the following piece of wisdom in his post at 12:24
> > AM 10/10/2003:
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> > The end of the helix on one worm gear lines up exactly with the start
> > of the helix on a second worm gear. If the gears were a quarter stud
> > longer, they wouldn't have this useful property unless Lego also changed
> > the pitch of the helix.
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> I'm not sure I agree with that. It seems to me that if you made these worms
> from one great long string, all you need to do is cut them wherever you
> want a new one. The helii (is that a word?) would still line up. I don't
> see why they couldn't just "cut them" an unth longer.
>
> ~Mike
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| (...) I'm not sure I agree with that. It seems to me that if you made these worms from one great long string, all you need to do is cut them wherever you want a new one. The helii (is that a word?) would still line up. I don't see why they couldn't (...) (23 years ago, 10-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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