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Re: Strange "cartoon" gears?
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Tue, 14 Dec 1999 16:16:55 GMT
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What a wonderful post, Mark. Thank you so much.
Forwarding to lugnet.faq. This could serve as the definitive
entry for the question "What are these strange looking (pre-technic?)
gears I've found?"
In lugnet.robotics, Mark Koesel writes:
> These gears were part of the original "Technical Building Sets" line that
> was never made available here in the US. All the gears have teeth counts
> which are multiples of 3. The red gears have 9 (3 x 3), the blue have
> 15 (3 x 5) and the yellow 21 (3 x 7). The sets contained translucent-ish
> white technic axles, and grey 2x4 blocks with holes throughout. Red
> bushings (similar to today's grey technic bushings) were also included.
> Some sets also had special cast-metal cross axle parts which were used to
> mount these gears to the 4.5v motors available at that time. The first
> line of these sets was released in 1970. The sets were 800, 801 and 802.
> You can see them here:
>
> http://horst-lehner.mausnet.de/lego/katalog/gk70/GK70-16.JPG
>
> In 1972, set 803 was added. This set included a new rubber tire that fit
> the red gear, and also a new universal joint.
>
> http://horst-lehner.mausnet.de/lego/katalog/gk72/GK72-06.JPG
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> These sets were discontinued at the end of 1973. In 1974, a new batch of
> sets (810, 811, 812, 813) were introduced. New links were added which
> could be used for either chains or bulldozer treads. I value these parts
> quite highly today.
>
> http://horst-lehner.mausnet.de/lego/katalog/gk74/GK74-14.JPG
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> Later, in 1975, set 814 was added.
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> http://horst-lehner.mausnet.de/lego/katalog/gk75/GK75-14.JPG
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> The gears (specifically, the smaller red ones) showed up in other themes
> of the era, including the universal set 404 and road construction set 780
> mentioned in this thread by Tim Rueger. In addition, they were used in
> the pre-model team "Model" sets, with the tires, as wheels for the Formula
> 1 car and the motorcycles.
>
> http://horst-lehner.mausnet.de/lego/katalog/gk76/GK76-12.JPG
> http://horst-lehner.mausnet.de/lego/katalog/gk76/GK76-13.JPG
>
> In 1976, these sets were discontinued, to make way for the new "Technical
> Sets" which later picked up the name Technic and, for a time, used the name
> Expert Builder in the US.
>
> Note that, in the US (and Canada), Samsonite had it's own line of gears.
> These are the mentioned in the post in this thread by Jim West (Jim, I
> hope you don't mind me reposting the URL)
>
> http://www.frii.com/~jwest//lego/gearstop.jpg
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> These gears have teeth counts which are multiples of 7. I don't have any
> of these type. The samsonite gears sets did not include or work with any of
> the Technic-like parts that came with the 8xx gear sets. Instead, they
> mount
> to the old metal-pinned wheels of the 70's. For this reason, their use is
> somewhat limited in today's Technic creations. The 8xx gears, however, work
> great with modern day Technic, especially if you need some heavy duty tank
> treads.
>
> Also note that the large gears sold through Dacta today are quite different
> from any of the ones mentioned above. These Dacta gears would be most
> compatible with the Duplo line, and in particular Duplo Toolo. These gears
> mount to special larger "Duplo-size" Cross axles and components.
>
> This whole topic seems to come up now and again and these parts always seem
> to
> generate lots of confusion and discussion. Hopefully this clears up any and
> all confusion for this time around :)
>
> Mark Koesel
>
>
>
>
> "Dave Johnson" <djohnson@sirius.com> wrote in message
> news:0FMJ006PAWGKZN@mta4.snfc21.pbi.net...
> > I was perusing the web and found "Tim's Lego Pages" that showed his
> > "Kitty Tormentor" robots: they shoot rubber bands. Very cool!
> >
> > The rubber bands are mounted on a kind of "cartoony" gear with widely
> > spaced teeth, bright red. I thought at first it was a custom piece, but
> > then I saw them again at Marcus's excellent Lego site
> > (http://www.fischer-mellbin.com/Marcus/Lego/lego.html) in his "Gear Math"
> > section.
> >
> > What are these gear pieces? What sets include them? Duplo, maybe?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Dave Johnson
> >
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