 | | A Miner Problem (Pun Intended) —Chappie Adams
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| | | Hey all, I am currently working on a asteroid mining ship. The aft section of the craft consist of the engineering, living, and processing facilities. the foward section is basically a large shroud in which I hope to put a large drill like piece of (...) (20 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.space)
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| | | | | Re: A Miner Problem (Pun Intended) —James Wilson
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| | | | | Aside from using the Rock Raiders drill piece (or several?), you might be able to make a conical helix out of a chain of a construction such as this: (URL) (colors for clarity - heaven forbid you use such bright colors in a .space MOC!) I haven't (...) (20 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: A Miner Problem (Pun Intended) —Chappie Adams
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| | | | | | (...) Could you perhaps post a picture waht these would look like altoghter? (20 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: A Miner Problem (Pun Intended) —James Wilson
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| | | | | | (...) Not without WAY too much effort. With a decreasing radius, each "link" has to be manually rotated and realigned in MLCAD. Try it out, see what you get. James (20 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: A Miner Problem (Pun Intended) —Chris McNamee
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| | | | (...) You could use large gear pieces in decreasing sizes to make a drill. I've used it before, and it works out very well. Chris (20 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.space)
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