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Re: gear differential
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 19 Nov 1998 08:09:36 GMT
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Tony Firshman <TONY@stopspammersFIRSHMAN.DEMON.CO.UK>
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In article <3653850B.99A94081@acm.org>, stephen p spackman
<stephen@acm.org> writes
> Matthew Miller wrote:
> >
> > Dave Forrest <davef@shmoopie.com> wrote:
> > > I saw this picture of a Limited Slip Differential yesterday:
> > > http://home.sol.no/~selode/lego/limited.html
> >
> > I don't understand how people use rubber bands like this in projects --
> > they never seem to transmit enough power to move anything reliably.
Indeed. Lego themselves double up sometimes by adding extra pair of
pulleys - that helps a lot.
Is there a part no for rubber band spares - on their own.
The only ones I can find in UK are in multi packs with other parts.
I would prefer reinforced bands - much like that used in railway
modelling, but I assume Lego only go for pure rubber.
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| (...) Hey, I had a worse idea once. Actually I'm still proud of it - I built an all-LEGO automatic transmission. Only *how* it worked was by using pairs of the little crown bushings (seemingly defunct as of this year?) as clutches, a pair at each (...) (26 years ago, 19-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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