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I have one shaft that will be turned by a motor in either direction. And I want to get two different outputs, based on which direction the motor is turning. When the Input shaft turns clockwise, Output 1 turns and Output 2 does not. When the Input (...) (19 years ago, 27-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: New technique: three position piston control
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WOW you did it again!!! you keep amazes me, cool consept whit a center stop, (...) i was thinking about a center stop myself to make my creations more smootly and extending the combinations of piston movement, but i'm to busy whit my education so i (...) (19 years ago, 27-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Cable Operated Shovel
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(...) Hello Ross, About the bucket - that is the one thing I forgot to take pictures of. The bottom of the bucket does open and close. At the end of the boom that the bucket is mounted on, at the intersection of the grey and black pieces, there is a (...) (19 years ago, 26-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) Hello Nathan, so I do want to spend a fortune on the tracks.. I just need to get my hands on one! Did you see the (incredible) "PARV": (URL) I would really like to build some tracks like that machine has, when I get a chance to save up some (...) (19 years ago, 26-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) Its all over my head. Thats all I can say. Maybe one of these days I can understand all that circuitry. Good job Kevin! (19 years ago, 26-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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In lugnet.technic, Mark Bellis wrote: <snip> (...) Was this single or dual piston? (...) Kevin (19 years ago, 26-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) <snip> (...) The center stop is not the same spot when expanding vs. contracting. I did not try it at different pressures. I just pumped a hand pump as fast as I could to make the sequencer go. I've not seen it overshoot the mid point. (...) (...) (19 years ago, 25-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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In lugnet.technic, Kevin L. Clague wrote: (SNIP) (...) Interesting stuff! Should make walkers move more smoothly, with the possibility of more groups of legs. The trick will then be reversing all the groups, since it was easier with just two, using (...) (19 years ago, 25-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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Years ago when I first started playing with pneumatics, I first learned that I could control a piston using a switch. I then learned that you could mechanically link a piston and a switch, and have piston controll the switch. I learned from Eric (...) (19 years ago, 24-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.announce.moc) !
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| | Re: Cable Operated Shovel
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Nice Ben! (19 years ago, 24-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | NWBrickCon, MECHA
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Time is short, and now that I got your attention, you need to know that if you want your mecha a NWBrickCon, you should tell me. snowleopardNO@SPAMfo...ternet.net Tell me what your bringing, how much room ya'll need. And if you want to send stuff, (...) (19 years ago, 23-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics) !!
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Though I don't have the Web setup yet, I have a fully operational webcam robot that will hopefully be internet-controllable in the near future (think, by the end of next year, maybe, if IB tests and extended essay don't get in the way!). The ruler (...) (19 years ago, 23-Sep-05, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) Hi Ben, great shovel! I have a couple of questions though - I can't tell from the pics, does the bucket release door open? If so how? Also, have you found that using the high power motors puts more stress on any bricks, or causes more wear? (...) (19 years ago, 23-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) 40 LBS! Dag that is a heavy one. It definately looks real. I have never seen tracks like that, but then again TLC does not make tracks that could hold that much weight without ripping apart, unless you wanted to spend a fortune. What (...) (19 years ago, 23-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(URL) Hello! Check out my new pics of a large cable mining shovel: Link to gallery: (URL) (You might have to wait a little while for the brickshelf gallery to be moderated..) I have been experimenting with using non-lego motors to drive this thing (...) (19 years ago, 23-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX) !
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| | NWBrickCon™ 2005 Technic Award Sneak Peek
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NWBrickCon is almost here. This is just a last little push for anyone bringing Technic MOCs. If you are bringing anything in the Technic theme please email me and let me know what you are bringing and how much table space you will need. ... and now (...) (19 years ago, 20-Sep-05, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, FTX) !!
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| | Re: The Better Tosser
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"Jordan Bradford" <bradfj23REMOVE_THIS...uwosh.edu> wrote in message news:In300F.23FL@lugnet.com... (...) Have you tried constructing a shooter mechanism that uses something other than a tire? Tires sound like the obvious choice, but what about a (...) (19 years ago, 20-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Between burning out two motors on a prototype and having the tire in my pirate ship become bald by the end of BrickFest, I think I'm done building GBC shooting mechanisms. But they're so much fun . . . I wonder if my prototype (which is still (...) (19 years ago, 19-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: Pneumatic "One Leg at a Time" Robot Circuit
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(...) Haha! Yes, I could never have too many trains, but a bigger house would be an advantage since I could run 16 8mm scale trains on a big enough layout. I have a long-term plan for a warehouse full as a museum :-) However, too much concentration (...) (19 years ago, 18-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: The Better Tosser
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(...) I'll send you some. If you can get a shooter to shoot inside the hailfire wheel, all you need is Darth vader's cape (the really big one) to catch the balls. Just drape it behind the wheel, and it stops the balls. I dropped it yesterday, and (...) (19 years ago, 17-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic)
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