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Re: Worm Drive Question
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Wed, 25 Nov 1998 04:05:28 GMT
Original-From: 
Matt Sailors <medinfo@+saynotospam+aros.net>
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Tim McSweeney wrote:
> 
> > 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 forget who and where -- photographic
> > memory, but no film ;-) ).
> 
> Sorry I Lost you there, what do you mean by cut Lego?
> 
> Tim

I mean cut threads (like on a screw) into the axel using a thread
cutting tool (part of a tap and die set available at most good hardware
stores).  Check out http://www.net-info.com/~dcarlson/ near the bottom
of the page.



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  Re: Worm Drive Question
 
(...) Sure, you can do this with puppies, too! Ick, shudder! ("Arthur, Arthur, come quick! Someone's knurled the cat!" - hypothetical Monty Python skit) stephen (28 years ago, 25-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)

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(...) Sorry I Lost you there, what do you mean by cut Lego? Tim (28 years ago, 25-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)

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