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Subject: 
Lego "pegging" disks
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Thu, 13 May 1999 15:33:58 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, lego-robotics@crynwr.com (Jim Choate) writes:
[snip]
> I've always wished Lego made flat plates that were circular with holes so
> one could make peg gears. Then it would be possible to build all sorts of
> midieval mechanisms (Viva DaVinci!).
[snip]

  They came close with the SW Y-wing fighter.  The disks that make up the
engine pods have an axle '+' in the center and a selection of button holes
throughout the disk.  I will admit though, it isn't quite what you want...

DLC



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  RE: Lego "pegging" disks
 
(...) But they DID, way, way back. I still have a set (2 Yellow 3 blue and 2 red) of the old BIG tooth gears. The yellow set is about the size of an 8x8 plate nad has a 5x5 grid of holes. The set has the old white Technic axles and red bushings. (...) (27 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)

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  Re: Fishing for a tasty linkage/gearing/robotic building thread... (fwd)
 
----- Forwarded message from Mario Ferrari ----- From: "Mario Ferrari" <mario.ferrari@edis.it> Subject: Re: Fishing for a tasty linkage/gearing/robotic building thread... Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 12:39:53 GMT I like a lot your idea of a "phisical" (...) (27 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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