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Re: Vehicle with square wheels
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Date: 
Wed, 7 Dec 2005 08:33:16 GMT
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   I think it’s possible by taking two axles with a crown gear on the end of each. Then you can mesh the two gears at any angle you choose to make (in effect) a long axle with the two ‘+’ cross-sections of the ends aligned at almost any angle.

I came to the same solution, but using the old half bush with teeth. It also enables the 22.5° angle offset but is less bulky!



Philo



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  Re: Vehicle with square wheels
 
(...) Cool! That's certainly a more compact solution than mine if you have old parts to hand. (19 years ago, 7-Dec-05, to lugnet.robotics)
  Re: Vehicle with square wheels
 
(...) I love it when LEGO's innate design works out perfectly for creating something strange like a 22.5° angle. Is is fate? Serendipity? Clever planning? All of these? (19 years ago, 7-Dec-05, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)

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  Re: Vehicle with square wheels
 
(...) I liked it too. (...) My first thought was also of a Lego solution. I also got stuck at the point where I'd have to have plates at 22.5 degree offsets - however, I think I have an elegant solution that I came up with on the drive home this (...) (19 years ago, 7-Dec-05, to lugnet.robotics)

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