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(...) BUT... considering the day and considering how gullible I am, do you have any video of it actually WORKING that you can share? GRIN (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) As you might imagine, the gears are packed in there pretty tight. I built the tower from the outside in: I decided how large it could be before it would look out-of-scale and then I tried like crazy to fit four clock faces in there. This is (...) (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) That is very sweet! As a person who tried, not hugely successfully, to get a Leo or Eric LEGO clock working, I'm so impressed that not only did you do it, you did it with 4 faces! Very nicely done! Dave K (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) This seems like a really neat thing to have at a show, that's for sure. spotlighted. (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Have you considered making the tower more 'open', so people can see the mechanism? Maybe build the clock faces using clear bricks? This is too clever (and too much work!) to hide... :-) JohnG, GMLTC (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic)
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Inspired by the works of Leo Dorst and Eric Harshbarger, I set out to build a working clock mechanism in a form factor that could be displayed on a train layout. The result of this two-week effort is my LEGO Clock Tower, which made its debut on (...) (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.nelug) !!
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"pixel" <pixsrv@poczta.onet.pl> wrote in message news:HCnKnF.2uz@lugnet.com... (...) RCX is deffinitly too heavy. But just the 9v batterybox and an 4.5v electric motor? Propeller is still a problem with LEGO :( Hope the LEGO company soon will (...) (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Tobbe, when you say "1 x 3 studless beams", are you refering to: (URL) (...) claims (...) useful (...) (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Thanks Tobbe! Kevin (...) (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic)
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hi indeed they appear but i thought we discussed them in poland we have them too slammer rhino has 1x2 and 1x3 liftarms too (URL) no new shapes in comparison to slammer rhino but the prices are nice $29.75 and $9.95 slammer costs $22.50 front-end (...) (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic)
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Hi all! I went to the toystore today to see if the new designer sets were on the shelfes yet. They were not but while I was there they unpacked the new Technic sets so I could take a peek at the boxes. A new and very good thing about them is that (...) (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic)
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hi tobbe not long ago you send my your dna particle build with 2x4 bricks and you said it will probably be unable to build it with clones i thought it is true but few days ago i found in the shop some kind of clone i opend the box and joined some (...) (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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when i think of lego plane i have some problems (questions) i can imagine the wings and the fuselage but the propeller and the motor it is problem the battery box or rcx is a little bit heavy but let's say you will build the plane that could (will) (...) (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic)
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hi maybe it would be better to use in your turntable two or three of (URL) of (URL) would be harder to crush btw: impressive construction the most impresive is the comparison to lego-man :) good luck pixel "TJ Avery" <tjavery@texbrick.com> wrote in (...) (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam)
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(...) Urkkk, all 'axle' booms i meant doh c (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam)
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Hi Ross! (...) yes, all beams booms are interesting, but not necessarily useful. c (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam)
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(...) The main problem with an all axle boom is that it can take almost no tension. This means for a long boom it bends under its own weight when horizontal. ROSCO (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam)
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(...) Yeah. I've had about 90lbs on the base/slew ring so far without problems, but i can see the possibility for difficulty. (...) The only thing I've seen that would be much lighter was an all axle boom (...) It'll be fun if nothing else c (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam)
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(...) Sounds like a remake of LEGO's "Technic" 2 x 4 from 1975: (URL) don't know but I added lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands hopefully this will help! Best regards, /Tobbe (URL) SPAM when e-mailing) (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) I don't think it can be made with lift. But a sail plane is not unrealistic or some other UL craft. (...) Nope, MTB's only need speed and bumps for take off! Oh wait! Is not that thrust and lift? Happy landing, my knee and elbow got alergic to (...) (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic)
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