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Re: The Great Ball Contraption
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 7 Jan 2005 17:01:17 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, David Koudys wrote:
> I read that, I just decided to be a little more apparent, as in 'Gee Steve, send
> me some balls!' ;)
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> I have a grande total of, wait for it... 1 soccer ball, and it came with my
> Brickfest '04 set.
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> At your convenience, of course :)
Or someone who owns a soccer ball could measure it and publish the size.
Most craft stores sell a selection of little wooden balls. It might be cheaper
to buy a few about the right size rather than paying to mail genuine Lego ones?
Of course, I'm not a purist :) Would a wooden ball start to infect the rest of
the contraption's Lego parts I wonder .....
"Oh no! Look! A knot hole is forming in that Technic beam over there!!!"
JB
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| (...) Well, it's LEGO - it's just a tad smaller than 2 studs in diameter. If you've got a marble or wooden ball that will roll between two walls two studs apart (clearance about 1.5 mm on each side) you've got the size. The only real problem is (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) I read that, I just decided to be a little more apparent, as in 'Gee Steve, send me some balls!' ;) I have a grande total of, wait for it... 1 soccer ball, and it came with my Brickfest '04 set. At your convenience, of course :) Dave K (20 years ago, 7-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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