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Re: A LEGO double-throw switch?
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 24 Aug 2005 21:57:51 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Brian Davis wrote:
> In lugnet.robotics, Kevin L. Clague wrote:
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> > 45 degree angles are not so simple.
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> They are, depending on how ridgid you need the system to be. Take a 16L beam
> with two 1x2 plates and a 1x2 beam on the end, and pin a second 16L beam at 90°
> to the first. Now you can easily mount an axle at 45° by attaching it to any
> matching holes on the two 16L beams, and attach a third beam to the axle using,
> say, two cross-blocks. It can actually be rather rigid if you don't use long
> axles.
Or, connect it to a technic turntable, so you can rotate it to any angle you
want.
ROSCO
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| (...) Which you can make rigid by merely using a rack or worm gear, and depending on space - some additional gears to displace the locking mechanism, however there may still be some play in that. OrionRobots (19 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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