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(...) Kevin, What are you bringing? All your pneumatic creations? I was overwhelmed by them last year, but now might have a clue what I was looking at. Are you participating in the "Great Ball Contraption?" Larry (19 years ago, 23-Jun-05, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) It won't offer any support since the filling is not bonded to (or "integrated into") the gear body - they would just fly out when the gear cracks. (...) Which brings a question: Why use Lego in a rig with wood or aluminum? Is it a Lego MOC (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jun-05, to lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Brickfest 2005 USA
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(...) I'm in. (...) Kevin (19 years ago, 22-Jun-05, to lugnet.technic)
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Who all is going to brickfest in the US? Lord willing I will be there with all my construction equipment completed and on display. I am want to go not just to display my creations but to meet other lego builders that I have talked to on the net. (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jun-05, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I don't think the plastic-glue bond would have to be stronger than plastic with itself. I'm just talking about filling up the hole so that the gear won't crack as easily at the thin points next to the holes. This is where the breaks are always (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jun-05, to lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.technic)
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(...) If the material is failing, I doubt filling the holes will help (perhaps, *maybe*, with a very strong glue, but I still doubt it). The problem is getting anything to bond the plastic nearly as strongly as the plastic bonds to itself. I don't (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jun-05, to lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.technic)
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(...) This time I heated it for 10 minutes and let it cool in tap water for a fair while. The gear lasted noticeably longer - almost to the end (it's operating a elastic wind-back mechanism). But then it snapped. The gears always crack at the (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jun-05, to lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Dope another one. This time cool it with tap water, not iced water. You may have cooled it too fast, if I understand that thread correctly. Keith (19 years ago, 21-Jun-05, to lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Bummer. My suggestion would be to "gang" more gears side-by-side. You could use metal gears, like meccano or something, but you'd always have a weak point at the plastic/metal interface. Or you could do all the mechanicals in metal, and just (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jun-05, to lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.technic)
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(...) I "doped" the gear and it still broke. I think it might have lasted a bit longer though. I put it in boiling water for 5 minutes then in iced water for 5 minutes. Didn't use it until about 15 minutes later. Any other suggestions? Jack (19 years ago, 21-Jun-05, to lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Take a look at this: (URL) - David (19 years ago, 20-Jun-05, to lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.technic)
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(...) I like the smaller lift & carry cranes, which actually run the hoist cable through the boom extension, so that extending the boom doesn't require letting out any cable at all. (...) That may be a playability decision. As I found with my (URL) (...) (19 years ago, 19-Jun-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) I also have finished this set and I also like the boom extension, but the main problems for me seem to be that the boom extension doesn't move smoothly, and the outriggers follow the same pattern as the ones from earlier sets (8862, 8460). (...) (19 years ago, 19-Jun-05, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I just finished mine as well. It is quite an incredible set to build and operate. I like how the cable spools itself in and out with the boom extension/retract though sometimes one seems to outrun the other. With the boom up and extended I (...) (19 years ago, 19-Jun-05, to lugnet.technic)
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Well, I just finished building this set and all I can say is WOW!! This supplants the space shuttle set as the ultimate technic building set in my humble opinion. The whole body section of the vehicle is chocked full of mechanisms. There's (...) (19 years ago, 19-Jun-05, to lugnet.technic)
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Hi Nathan (...) Thank you for your compliments concerning my homepage and my models. (...) Yes, they are. But only for the first few hours of operation. Of course, they don't have to be red but it is the color scheme, Albian Sands has ordered their (...) (19 years ago, 18-Jun-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam, FTX)
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(...) Hi Keith I got one here in Toronto soon after we corresponded :-) Just started building it today. It will likely take a couple of weeks given the size of this set and my lack of time. It's certainly the most impressive Technic set I have ever (...) (19 years ago, 18-Jun-05, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I posted one to Bricklink already. :D (...) The 32-long axle first came out with the minifig hockey sets as control sticks, then as the slide pole for 7240 file station. Before this the longest axle is 12. Lego once said on their site that (...) (19 years ago, 17-Jun-05, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I must say with respect to the box, the same thing applies for the 8416 set, which is disappointing. Now all I have to do is get 8421, where can I get one delivered to Australia? Cheers, AP. (19 years ago, 17-Jun-05, to lugnet.technic)
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My 8421 crane arrived today and I'm going to give my first impressions. I did a quickie pen and paper inventory that I may try to later key in and submit to peeron (Honestly i've never done an inventory and I'm a bit intimidated by the size of this (...) (19 years ago, 17-Jun-05, to lugnet.technic)
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