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i think some of us thought about stronger lego parts i hope some day there will be available to buy some parts like this could be good to have some technic bricks also because the plastic one will convert itself to ash while using with alu axle (...) (21 years ago, 7-Jul-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Pneumatic Inchworm
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(...) natural when inching away. Now you just need to add steering :-) -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (21 years ago, 7-Jul-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
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Just a cute little ol' white kitty-cat...with sharp pointy teeth! (Imagine that last part being said in Tim's voice and with proper hand-gestures) (URL) (21 years ago, 7-Jul-03, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Re: Pneumatic Inchworm
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(...) I made the movies smaller and now they work. Here is the whole inchworm going through one cycle. (URL) is a close up of the compression part of the wave as it travels from the back of the inchworm to the front: (URL) my flight to Boston for (...) (21 years ago, 7-Jul-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
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(...) Nice concept to model in pneumatics. I'd love to see the MPG when you get it uploaded. I assume you implemented the compression with logic gates cascaded along the body. Brian (21 years ago, 7-Jul-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Pre-1990 friction pegs removal techniques?
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(...) I'll trade you. I have about 100 new, never used friction pins, and a gazillion used ones. (21 years ago, 6-Jul-03, to lugnet.technic)
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Doi! OMG - WOW! Must bring to Brick Fest. Must see IRL. Uggg, so cool! Really "Koogot", really. If you make the little Twins, I'll build the shell and we can have MOTHRA! Sorry, in rare form today. e (21 years ago, 6-Jul-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
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| | Mr Jamocklaquat, I presume. - Jama Story in Lego Employee Magazine
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Now this is cool! Lego has an employee magazine called "Life Styles". I had the opportunity to have a story about Jama and its construction featured in a nearly full page article. The writer captured the message and lessons about Jama's construction (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jul-03, to lugnet.people, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !!
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I'm pleased to announce my latest pneumatic creature, an inchworm. Inchworm is much larger than an inch, but its body moves using a traveling wave like inchworms do. You can see the basic shape of my inchworm: (URL) is composed of 6 pneumatic (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jul-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
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(...) Gaurav, I always have one of these: (URL) lying around - lets you push down, and makes it much easier to remove such pins. Unfortunately, some older pins still get distorted, and call me wasteful, but I just throw them in the bin. I have more (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jul-03, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) I must confess that I was a bit mixed up on the original question, as I don't believe I own any of the old pins without the slot through the center. I thought you were referring to the old #2 plus-rods. Anyways, how about trying a 1x? TECHNIC (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jul-03, to lugnet.technic)
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Thanks for the responses, everyone. (...) I generally also use the notched 2 axles in my models, but I seem to actually have way more of the older notchless type. Those are pretty easy to remove by using the older type of half-bushings though (part (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jul-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Pneumatic hose color usage
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(...) It seems that they changed the color schemes for this a couple of times. For a long time (1985-1997), almost all of the sets used the one you described there, with gray tubes for the pump-valve inlet connections and black ones for the (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jul-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I have 2 different sets with pneumatics. The first is 5218 which has 3 hose colors (blue, light grey, black) and uses them like the basic set you describe. The other set is 8250/8299 and has only 2 hose colors: light grey from the pump to tank (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jul-03, to lugnet.technic)
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I own sets that use transparent hose from the pump to the switch and black to the pistons, and a set where grey is used from the pump to the switch and black to the pistons. In the 8868, the black hoses become quite the head ache, and i always find (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jul-03, to lugnet.technic)
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In one of the LEGO pneumatic basic sets, you get a light grey hose, a black hose and a blue hose. I used the blue hose to get from the pump to the switch, the black hose on the contract port of the piston (to match the black cap that is there), and (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jul-03, to lugnet.technic)
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It's not much, but for those of you who might be interested in a way to display the Rahkshi "heads" along with your Kanohi collection, try this on for size: (URL) (21 years ago, 5-Jul-03, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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(...) A half beam...or a technic plate etc... That's a great idea! Regards, Paul (21 years ago, 4-Jul-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) When dismantling the 8865 I used a similar technique, only half a beam (like <part:32063> or <part:2825>) instead of a full beam and <part:3959> or (URL) instead of the antenna. Taking the pin out of the half beam afterwards is easy. - David (21 years ago, 4-Jul-03, to lugnet.technic)
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I simply use a 16L beam with cross axle/peg type pegs in the outermost holes. You align with the target beam on the one peg and then press the two beams together forcing the black peg out with the other cross axle peg. I've done whole 8865's this (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jul-03, to lugnet.technic)
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