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(...) >> suction and pushing the cylinder down again releases it. (...) Yes - the yellow ones on the left. The 'normal' use for those things is to pump air in the bottom tube to make the cylinder extend - or pump air in the top to make it contract. (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Don't those hard plastic tubes fit over the cylinder connectors? I know they can bind the flexible hoses, so a small "boot" to bridge the gap wouldn't be able to suck together very much. That would reduce the problem of length, at least. Andy (20 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Note you can also use the same effect to make an all-Lego suction pump (without the checkball valve). The trick is to cycle a piston and a standard valve together. Hook the central port on the valve to the airtank (or whatever else you want to (...) (20 years ago, 9-May-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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