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Re: Strange "cartoon" gears?
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Date: 
Sat, 11 Dec 1999 17:13:57 GMT
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Arjen Gerstel wrote:

I think they are from a set which also
included a motor, from the early '70s.
OK, I guess the next obvious question is this:

Does anyone have one or two of these they'd be willing to part with? :-)

Private email encouraged, so we don't clog the list...

Dave Johnson



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  Re: Strange "cartoon" gears?
 
I believe these are still available from Pitsco - sets like "Primary Simple Machines" #779654and "Fun Time Gears" #779652 and others; also spare parts kit "Gears for Primary Simple Machines" #N779838 -Wes (...) (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
  Re: Strange "cartoon" gears?
 
(...) They are indeed. I got them for Xmas in '72 or '73, perhaps even '71. They were code colored, if I remember correctly, and came in three sizes: blue, red and yellow. Teeth were widely spaced and had a kind of 'bulbeous' shape: the tip of thr (...) (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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