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Hey, I have been looking at all the cool mini-walkers and decided to build my own. Its called TLW, and while its not as small as some of the others, (it ended up being about 4.5 inches tall) for being my first working 2 leg walker I like it and I (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: New Gear Boxes and Motor Systems
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Personally I'm not at all impressed with these parts. So the motor is slightly smaller? So what. The 'mindstorms motor'as it's been called is small enough. It's made out of clear plastic. That only makes it harder to camouflage in models. I never (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: New Gear Boxes and Motor Systems
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(...) Oh, how sad, you just lost your masters. Sorry. :: revoke masters wand appears :: Iain (21 years ago, 2-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: New Gear Boxes and Motor Systems
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(...) I also have the new 4094 Inventor set. After disassembling the 90 degree gearbox, and comparing the grooves with the new clicky joints of (URL) #8558-1 Cahdok and Gahdok, here are some observations: 1. The grooves LOOK similar to part (URL), (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Zipper--the two-piece flying helicopter
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I came up with this a little while ago. It's extremely simple, but it's kind of fun and it's the first thing I've seen built of Legos that can actually fly! You can check it out here: (URL) (21 years ago, 2-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build) !
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| | Re: New Gear Boxes and Motor Systems
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"Trevyn Watson" <4tee2@rogers.com> wrote in message news:HFtDoq.A9v@lugnet.com... (...) too (...) the (...) attached (...) I don't have any of those pieces, but on #8558-1: Cahdok and Gahdok I found this piece (URL) look like the counterparts for (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: New Gear Boxes and Motor Systems
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Thanks, Todd (...) Actually I didn't noticed I was in FTX mode... BTW, could it be possible to keep a cookie with personnal preference about FTX ? While it can be very useful, I'd prefer to default to plain text for most ordinary messages ! (...) I (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Reversible pneumatic engine
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(...) I found it here: (URL) (...) Thanks for your positive feedback on my engine. My solution is born out of computer engineering, not train engineering. That is why it looks so different than yours. I'm sure that if you build one of the (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Reversible pneumatic engine
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(...) I used a variation of stephenson valve gear for my adjustable 4 wheel steering concept here (URL) (21 years ago, 2-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Reversible pneumatic engine
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(...) It can be seen here at CSSOH'S LEGO PNEUMATICS PAGE by scrolling down a little... (URL) here at my Brickshelf gallery which is still under construction and may not be public yet... (URL) is based on a very simple reversing gear which can be (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Reversible pneumatic engine
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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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| | Re: dear lego.....
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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.....
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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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| | Re: New Gear Boxes and Motor Systems
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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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| | Re: New Gear Boxes and Motor Systems
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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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| | Re: New Gear Boxes and Motor Systems
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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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| | Re: Reversible pneumatic engine
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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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| | Re: New Gear Boxes and Motor Systems
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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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| | Boolean logic using LEGO Pneumatics
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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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| | Re: Reversible pneumatic engine
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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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