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Re: Heavy-duty turntables.
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lugnet.space
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Thu, 22 May 2003 03:17:59 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Jordan D. Greer writes:
> Due to the size of the weapons I'm employing on my rather huge (six-foot)
> capital ship, I find myself needing a turntable of much greater capacity
> than the ones produced by Lego. The weapons I am using are more than twenty
> studs long, six bricks high, and four studs wide. Each of these weapons
> probably weigh more than seven ounces. Tonight I will experiment with gears
> and such, but I was wondering if any of you could help with this problem.
> Since the weapons will be emplaced in turrets of two, the turntable must be
> able to support, say, nearly a pound of weight..
Sorry for the late reply, and this may not solve your problem, but I just
wanted to say how cool this part is:
Technic Brick 2 x 2 x 2 with Hole and Click Rotation Socket
http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/41533
Just use a bit of SNOT to orient it how you want, and it'll hold quite a
heavy turret in place as long as it's reasonably-well balanced. Your turrets
sound like they might be a bit too heavy, but it's still worth a go.
One catch is they don't appear in that many sets, but the sets they do
appear in aren't completely bad for a Space builder to buy... (personally I
love 7153 for parts). You might catch AT sub stuff on discount, too.
Cheers,
Paul
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