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(...) Thanks :) It was a fun project. (...) Actually in real scale test of trebuchets that were the same size as the old medieval ones it was determined that the rolling did not hurt the distance. It just tended to put less stress on the (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Building with the old style of pieces required a lot of pieces to do anything just to strengthen the design enough that it wouldn't rip itself apart. Why is it so much worse that the modern pieces require a few extra pieces if, and only if, (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic)
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In lugnet.technic, Jindrich Kubec wrote: <snip> My response is a bit late. I've just been too busy lately, but I'd like to throw in my opinions too: (...) I would imagine that an intelligent 11 year old with some patience and a little building (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic)
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Hi all, I just purchased a sealed Lego (service????) bag with the number 1116 on it (as well as 4074 in smaller font size). It contains 25 pre-technic vintage chain links. You can see a picture here: (URL) have not found any references for this one (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jan-04, to lugnet.inv, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.technic)
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You CAN still get the studded beams. For example, if you want black or yellow, get the Crane Truck. The Inventor sets have lots as well (for example, yellow in the Motor Movers and green in the Record & Play) They arent dead. But I do aggree that (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I didn't say that studless designs were totally incompatible with bricks, only that compatibility is greatly diminished. It is true that technic half-pins can be added to studless beams, but this takes a lot of pieces and these two techniques (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic)
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Hey, Cool, Very Cool! I think the overall design of the trebuchet is great. If I am not mistaken I think that you can reduce the "rolling" that the trebuchet makes if you make the weight hinged at the end rather than having it fixed. This will make (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I didn't say that studless designs were totally incompatible with bricks, only that compatibility is greatly diminished. It is true that technic half-pins can be added to studless beams, but this takes a lot of pieces and these two techniques (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic)
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"jrl" <jrl3d@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:HrnyIK.1s2K@lugnet.com... (...) compatibility (...) impressive (...) in (...) That's just not true. You can add stud-pins to the "studless" beams - and the studs of regular lego sets also fit into the (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic)
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"Jindroush" <jindroush@nospam.se...nospam.cz> wrote in message news:4007C89B.935660...spam.cz... (...) Does it matter? (...) I agree, it'd still be nice to be able to get them in bulk packs or something. (...) Maybe they should keep them in (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) One use that I have found for that part is when you need a setup that will move one gear in a linear direction and at different points it will mesh with other gears for different outputs. Part 32072 works well for this because it is so easy to (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic)
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"Jacob Davies" <jacob@well.com> wrote in message news:HrLtGn.BIn@lugnet.com... (...) one (...) That'll be it. Jennifer (21 years ago, 19-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic)
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See (URL) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-04, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.technic, lugnet.space)
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"Joseph Woolley" <jwoolley@spamblock....ht.rr.com> wrote in message news:HrLp8K.1qot@lugnet.com... (...) i think TLC is not sure what to do with electric bricks i still force my idea DL (URL) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic)
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"Purple Dave" <purpledave@maskofdestiny.com> wrote in message news:Hro195.1q7@lugnet.com... (...) or something like this DL (URL) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic)
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Hey, I just finished an all Lego Trebuchet. Here is a link to its page on my website: (URL) website talks about it. It was just a quick project so I could play around and see exactly how a Trebuchet works. Well post what you guys think, and please (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Smoothness I can't really help you with on this design, but check my other reply for making larger gaps. Of course, you'd probably want to have at least 24 of these total to make two complete reverse-image screws (...) Part of that might be (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) That's the first part of it. What I was originally thinking of would involve then picking one of the three "threads" formed by the spiral and adding pieces to them to make an extended blade with 3x as much room between each of the cutting (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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"Philippe Hurbain" <philohome@free.fr> wrote in message news:HrpBCH.113p@lugnet.com... (...) that (...) Thanx for the photo. Well, I have tried this and it works fine for slashing in the snow and trowing it forward, but it does not work as a screw, (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) A photograph of Dave's screw: (URL) Philo (21 years ago, 18-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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