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(...) It's here, among Paul's other creations: (URL) I looked at the Walschaert valve gear. Wow, that is hard for me to (...) Yes, it's truly marvellous what the old locomotive engineers could do with just mechanical linkages. (21 years ago, 2-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Yes, it would be very nice indeed. But I'll end up seeing the boxes anyway no matter what since they'll be mine as soon as Lego is selling them :) I also very much liked having an inventory on the side of the boxes of the 3 new technic sets. (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Dear lego It would be so nice if you could grant us the honour of letting us here at lugnet see box art for the two large technic sets (backhoe and fire truck) that are being released this summer. I am dying to see some detailed pictures of both (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) No, you just forgot the <>'s, that's all. By all means, feel free to select plain text if you're not comfortable posting in FTX! (...) What happens when you click the Preview button?? --Todd (21 years ago, 1-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) No, you just forgot to put the link in <>'s, like this: (URL) Didn't it show up wrong when you previewed before posting? --Todd (21 years ago, 1-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) Drive + steering just got better! I could use this with an 8 wide steering rack using the 24t bevel gear drive system! It would probably be in a 12-14 wide truck. But will the transaxle work without the motor, I mean just functioning as a (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) Hi Paul, I look forward to seeing your reversible engine. I looked at the Walschaert valve gear. Wow, that is hard for me to understand, even with animation. With longer tubes, I could have easily hooked the two multiplexers to the same (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) As i was looking at the picutres, I was thinking: "Where have I seen something lioke that before?". And then I realised: (URL) end of that piece looks a lot like the teeth in those new pieces. I only have piece 41681, and not the piece that it (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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I"ve been putting together stuff for my pneumatic presentation at BrickFest. How unlike me to be preparing so far ahead. I put together two kinds of pneumatic gates, AND and OR. These gates are minor redesigns of the ones used in PneumADDic II, (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Thanks! (...) Uh.... well.... no. I didn't know they existed. That is the problem with a computer engineer designing a reversible pneumatic engine ;^) To be honest, the reversible engine was used as an example to show off the multiplexer. By (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Kevin, This is truly great! At the moment I barely understand it at all. I must build one. Reversible valve gears have interested me for some time. This is not the first reversible engine. I will soon upload photos to Brickshelf. My version is (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Very cool Kevin! Have you thought of using a sliding linkage like steam train valves? It would make it less than 100% pneumatic, but might make it somewhat less complex. ROSCO (21 years ago, 1-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Just what I need! Is it a differential in the transaxle? Where can you get these and what set are they in? (21 years ago, 1-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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Besides bipeds, I also love LEGO pneumatics. Doug Carlson and I have been trying to work on techniques for making single piston pneumatic engine with little or no flywheel. Doug has been having better luck than I but neither of us have acheived the (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic) !
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(...) Links in FTX require an opening < and closing >. Todd, perhaps you could turn on the same "www." and "(URL) recognition that plain text uses for FTX? Some sort of hard character return recognition would be nice too...I'm not in the habit of (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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(...) Good luck! (...) Kevin (21 years ago, 31-May-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Eric, that has to be the most eloquent write-up about an AFOL's love of Lego that I've read in awhile. Thanks for reminding me why I receive such enjoyment from reading your posts. -Dave (21 years ago, 31-May-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) What I'm interested in is the size of the worm box and the ability to add your own legnth of axle to the motor. The motor is just slightly smaller than the current ones. As a Robot Builder, I have to ask myself what I can do with these. As a (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-03, to lugnet.technic)
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"Eric Sophie" <mylegomaster@aol.com> wrote in message news:HFqJwE.105I@lugnet.com... (...) ??? I'm not sure what the excitement is about. I was given this set recently (otherwise I would not have gone near it), and I'm not terribly impressed with (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Meeee two, I ordered two that is. I'll get mine and make a walker before you! LOL! The challange is on! e (21 years ago, 31-May-03, to lugnet.technic)
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