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RE: Worm Drive Question
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Wed, 25 Nov 1998 03:30:43 GMT
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Original-From:
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Tim McSweeney <tim@amsANTISPAM.co.nz>
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The Digger with the nifty screw is set number 8851 from 1984 (wow I feel
old)
http://www.lugnet.com/pause/search/?query=8851-1
Was this part every in another set? it's a fairly general purpose part but
I've only got the one. (and 5 nuts)
Cheers
Tim
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim McSweeney [mailto:tim@ams.co.nz]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 1998 2:27 PM
> To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com
> Subject: Re: Worm Drive Question
>
>
> There was at one time a double threaded rod that came with
> little nuts. I
> have exactly one that came with an early Pneumatic Digger (it
> was used to
> firmly hold the Digger to it's tracks by bolting the two
> together!) but I
> have used it in other projects for exactly the sort of thing
> you are talking
> about.
>
> I have no idea where you would get one now.
>
> Cheers
> Tim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Baggiolini [mailto:peterbag@microsoft.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 1998 9:44 AM
> To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com
> Subject: Worm Drive Question
>
>
> I am trying to make an Elevator sort of mechanisim using a worm drive.
> Currently, I have done a real poor workaround
> to what should be simple, if the right part existed.
>
> I have included a picture of what I would really like... "The
> Ideal Setup".
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> I have also included a picture of my workaround...
>
> Can anyone Suggest something cleaner?
>
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| If you really want one, you can commit the heresy of running a standard axel through a thread cutter and use some little nylon nuts (available at electronics supply houses). At least one other person has done this and posted results to the web (I (...) (26 years ago, 25-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Worm Drive Question
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| There was at one time a double threaded rod that came with little nuts. I have exactly one that came with an early Pneumatic Digger (it was used to firmly hold the Digger to it's tracks by bolting the two together!) but I have used it in other (...) (26 years ago, 25-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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