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Re: baffled by a part in RIS 1.5
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Tue, 3 Apr 2001 11:18:38 GMT
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I think it is called a "clutch" gear. It is used in place of a regular gear
when the gear train that it is in may get locked up. It will then slip, which
will prevent damage to the motor.
I imagine it has other uses too...
-HTH
-Andy Lynch
----- Original Message -----
From: "DAVE MEE" <davemee@genie.co.uk>
> It's a thick white gear, 1 stud wide by three studs in diameter. One one
> side, "LEGO" is inevitably stamped around it, and on the other, the cryptic
> text "2.5 - 5.0 Ncm", twice. It has a grey bit and a hole in the middle
> suitable for a rod (you know, those extruded plus signs whose length you can
> never discern until you discover you've used the wrong one at the start of
> your model, and everything has to come apart to finish it.). This middle
> section rotates separately.
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| Hello! There is a part in my RIS set which i have never used. Nor can I think of what it could be used for, or describe it without using words like "weird" and "what the". It's a thick white gear, 1 stud wide by three studs in diameter. One one (...) (25 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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