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(...) Then it's a lift lock 'cause that's what Jeff's going for--the bottom of the lock is suppose to look like water going up and down and work like a lock in the Welland Canal Lift Lock system. And then the doors are suppose to open and the boat's (...) (19 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) First off I think it should be called a boat lift rather than a lock, because in a lock only the water moves. (...) I've read the other posts in this thread and I like both the string and the rack idea's. Racks are commonplace on locks because (...) (19 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) So much for quick diagrams - of course the back corner should attach to the RIGHT side string not the left. ROSCO (19 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) In case I didn't explain myself well, see the diagram (click to enlarge): (URL) The yellow lock level is attached to the string at the red exxes. Pull A to raise, B to lower (they can be wound on pulleys). You can reduce it to 1 per side a la (...) (19 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) That looks like a *great* project - I hope you can make it sturdy and reliable! As Larry pointed out, you need to keep all the vertical worm gears in sync by tying them all together. Do you have room for the 24t - worm gear gear blocks in (...) (19 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) (snip) A worthy project! Hope to see it in person at NMRA... I suppose you already considered vertical racks at the 4 corners of the "water" that are embedded in the lock walls (the rack, visible, might look like a ladder or steps cut into the (...) (19 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Another possibility is to not make the connection between the lift lines and the lifted frame rigid, but "slippable" (for instance, instead of using a single line, use a loop that attaches to the frame by wrapping around several fixed pulleys (...) (19 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) ... (...) ... (...) Rosco beat me to it... anyway... What about using string? With good rollers, the string should not wear out, at least not in one weekend. If the platform & boat are somewhat balanced, you could get away with one connection (...) (19 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Nice work!! (...) I would suggest trying string. Just have a loop of string in each corner, coordinated like you do with the screws. Or you can run it as 1 big loop, that would avoid the problem of slippage causing tilting. But you would (...) (19 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.technic)
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For our current train layout I have attempted to create a working lift lock. Attempt 1: The lift lock project started about a year ago. My first designs used a scissor type construction ( XXXXX ) To try to raise the water, but there was not (...) (19 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) That should read 'pneumatic steering'. Sorry for the typo. (19 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.technic)
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When you guys build those big actros trucks et al, how do you fit in a hydraulic steering system? Do you use a gear method to operate the valve? If not then how? Do you have any sketches of the setup that you could post? Thanks a bunch! (19 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.technic)
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Hi, Both of my modules are complete. You can find pictures at (URL) thanks to philo a movie at (URL) (19 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.technic)
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In lugnet.mediawatch, Duane Hess wrote: (snip) (...) 9?? That seems overly complex. (...) or Moonbases! Cool. Someone's been cribbing ideas from the GBC activities I guess. (19 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Thanks David! You can see its rather unattractive predecessor here: (URL) of the goals of the remakes I posted was to make them look more elegant, by managing part colors, and hose routings more carefully. (...) There are movies of Quad242 and (...) (19 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.technic)
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<snip> (...) Oops.... (URL) (...) (19 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Hi Danny, Thanks for the feedback! Before I dig up a circuit diagram, I'll show you the timing diagram for my original hexapod, hex363: (URL) Hex363 can only walk forward, but has a hexagonal body. It gets its name based on the sequence of the (...) (19 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I'm going to ignore the ingenuity of the design and the wonderful concept (and implementation) of a pneumatic-logic controlled walker and just comment that it looks wonderful! I wish I could see it operating in person, I'm sure it would be a (...) (19 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.technic)
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That is awesome. Could you put a vid of it in action. I love the style - it is functional, but equally stylish - the way you have arranged the cabling makes it look really something. I can really imagine that as a spider tank model looking rather (...) (19 years ago, 1-May-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Question about technic motors and voltages/amperages
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(...) You'll probably find your batteries are about 1.2V so with six batteries you get 7.2V. Marketing and advertising states they are 9V motors so you should be able to take any lego motor (that has 6 batteries) upto 9V and get an additional 25% (...) (19 years ago, 1-May-05, to lugnet.technic)
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