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(...) Yeah, it's a shame about the driver's steering. Unfortunately, and I'm sure this is a common problem, it's a simple case of insufficient room. The block holding the dashboard side of the engine actually forms part of the dashboard, which (...) (20 years ago, 21-Dec-05, to lugnet.technic)
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Replies are in text.. (...) Don't worry about it - this is great stuff. (...) I also had that set. I didn't think the plane was so bad- great for part harvesting. I have already thrown the plane kit parts into my general pool of Lego, but I have (...) (20 years ago, 21-Dec-05, to lugnet.technic)
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My ever first post here guys, so bear with me... This is my first SERIOUS attempt at a MOC... built primarily out of parts from last year's plane set (can't remember the set no. - it's the one with tilting wings and popout landing gear). (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 21-Dec-05, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Merry C for you 2 too ;) (...) Try (URL) though it may not be approved immediately. ROSCO (20 years ago, 19-Dec-05, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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Merry Christmas to everyone out there who knows what the holes in the beams are for ;) And everyone else too of course. Can't figure out how to change lugnet's idea of my email address yet, but barnes at sensors will cease to be in a few weeks time. (...) (20 years ago, 19-Dec-05, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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A reproduction of Mr. Krinkle, built as a Sale Model, introducing: (URL) Mr. Jeeves> All gray quadra-ped - Built in 4 days For Sale - Asking 600 USD Measures 34 inches long 16 inches tall Biomechanical Brick Kit Built in honor of my adopted Cat. (...) (20 years ago, 19-Dec-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, lugnet.technic, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX)
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"Billy Bauman" <gimmin_oskalay@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:Irp8L4.5Is@lugnet.com... (...) Beautifully engineered and the work of a true artist. Great presentation for a fine model.Thanks for sharing your talent. Bob (20 years ago, 18-Dec-05, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Alright, I finished the rendering and file uploading. Took me longer than I thought it would. Here it is (URL) Tell me what you think. Billy. (20 years ago, 18-Dec-05, to lugnet.technic)
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Thanks Ignacio and Philo for the nice comments! I hadn't seen "Rock Stupid Rover" - very interesting. The idea of "mechanical computing" is fascinating. Some kind of signal amplification using a power source seems essential if one is to make complex (...) (20 years ago, 15-Dec-05, to lugnet.technic)
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Here is my attempt (not as elegant as Philo's!) I used old half bushes in a slightly different way. Gear lash seems pretty low. The gear train for the rotating weight needs some work though... (URL) Alexander (20 years ago, 15-Dec-05, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I built one similar to yours last night (I put gears on both sides as an experiment). You're correct that it's the gear backlash that causes the wheels to not quite turn at the same time. Pushing the wheels down manually with your finger is a (...) (20 years ago, 14-Dec-05, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Sure! (...) Yes, the right legs both do the same thing at the same time, as do the left legs. I'll have to work on a movie. (...) Thanks! (...) Kev (20 years ago, 14-Dec-05, to lugnet.technic)
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Hi Sigurd, Thanks for your response. (...) What I mean was to use one of the peer-to-peer filesharing networks to share the file, and save yourself the bandwidth of distributing it. Something like eDonkey, which you can simply put a link on a page (...) (20 years ago, 14-Dec-05, to lugnet.technic)
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You are awesome. I had read about this in some lego paper about gearboxes, specifically shiftable ones. It said the problem was keeping the car in reverse for a while instead of jittering back and forth. Now I -really- want to get into the (...) (20 years ago, 13-Dec-05, to lugnet.technic)
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Hi Kevin, (...) oke now it's my turn again i guess?...:p (...) you get a movie for me?? (...) nice!! (...) Sigurd (20 years ago, 13-Dec-05, to lugnet.technic)
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Hi Danny (...) thank you :) (...) Yes it is a auto walker (...) it takes aboud 9 seconds per cycle, and it takes 6 steps a cycle (...) it's useless :p (...) 16 to make it walk, and i pland 5 extra to make a midstop in the segments to help it whit (...) (20 years ago, 13-Dec-05, to lugnet.technic)
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Hi, I was inspired by Sigurd's mini quad: (URL) So I decided to have a go myself. My mini-quad includes the switches and timing circuitry, unlike Sigurd's mini-quad. (4 URLs) This quad is basically two of these bipeds hooked together: (URL) Please (...) (20 years ago, 13-Dec-05, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Correction: The wheel the blades are mounted on would not be Lego either. Based on the feedback the last post got, I sould probably make on that just shreads food such as long straight pretzels. All I really care about is that it can shread (...) (20 years ago, 13-Dec-05, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Hi Sigurd, Very nice! Could you please email em a video? Kevin (20 years ago, 13-Dec-05, to lugnet.technic)
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Hi Sigurd, I am always intrigued by walkers, and this one has particularly intersting features. Is it completely auto walking, I mean if you feed it air, it walks? How long does it take per step, and how long per cycle? What is the gait it uses? (...) (20 years ago, 13-Dec-05, to lugnet.technic)
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Interesting little device, reminds me this one: (URL) in terms of mechanical IQ, yours is far ahead... (...) Probably indeed ;o) Philo (20 years ago, 13-Dec-05, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I've sent you a e-mail whit a video, should explane a lot:), if anyone else whants to see it just mail at sigurd18@hotmail.com or let me no at lugnet.com/technic (...) thanks (...) on it is'nt, it dont work the way i plant, the leg swap (large (...) (20 years ago, 13-Dec-05, to lugnet.technic)
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Everyone makes a Mindstorms robot that drives forward until it hits an obstacle, then reverses and turns for a short distance before resuming its forward motion. Here is a robot that does the same by 100% mechanical methods. It has only one motor, (...) (20 years ago, 13-Dec-05, to lugnet.technic)
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He used to have a site with some great freehand drawings at (URL) but it's currently timing out for me. Does anyone know if the site has moved elsewhere, or how I can contact Leo? Thanks ROSCO (20 years ago, 13-Dec-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.people)
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Hey that is amazing! I'm trying to imagine it moving and working. I need help! Very nice symetry you have with the central body and the pistons at angles. Wow. What a technical triumph. Excellent work. Video? e (20 years ago, 12-Dec-05, to lugnet.technic)
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oke another hexapod, this one is made whit inspirations of Kevin L. Clague (e-mails) it uses the schema from his inchworm for leg lift and drop, and the leg swap is just slave of the lift and drop pistons. the front and the rear legs uses elbow (...) (20 years ago, 12-Dec-05, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I think the veer left comes from gear backlash. Front and rear wheels are not maintained strictly 22.5° apart and the way it works, this introduces left/right dissymetry. My first attempt used 3 z24 gears with less backlash but of couse I (...) (20 years ago, 12-Dec-05, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Fantastic work. I hadn't even started my attempt. I like your using the battery box as the weight -- it's very simple and compact. I noticed from the video that it tends to veer left. Are the wheels losing traction when they're fully flat? (20 years ago, 12-Dec-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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Sorry, bad link. (URL) Video clip> (600k, DivX 5 AVI file). Philo (20 years ago, 9-Dec-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) (snip) (...) I finally got it to work... (click for bigger images) (3 URLs) ...and a short <sw1.avi video clip> (600k, DivX 5 AVI file). Enjoy ! Philo (20 years ago, 9-Dec-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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That seriously rules. What has been used to skin the wings there though? I might have to pilfer this design, and to make it better, combine it with this: (URL) - A Supercap used as a 9v rechargeable battery. -- Danny Staple MBCS OrionRobots (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 8-Dec-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Mech Bay 09 - The Cub Den
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(URL) Mysterious Mech Bay 09> Storage (URL) for the Cub (URL) it now>> (2 URLs) Bay 09>> 75 Bricks tall Features trans clear 48x48 base plate light box construction 12 inch Florescent tube Internal Cooling System - Via TECHNIC motor and rotor blades (...) (20 years ago, 8-Dec-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.space, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX) !
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i've just found it on brickshelf does it really fly (URL) (20 years ago, 7-Dec-05, to lugnet.technic)
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"Nathan Bell" <Radarbell@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Ir5307.1FDr@lugnet.com... (...) If I can "Machine" toast, I am sure you could run a properly prepared bread stick through a Lego Chipper. Maybe pretzels? This sounds like a fun project. (...) (20 years ago, 8-Dec-05, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) LOL!!! Don't worry about it. (20 years ago, 7-Dec-05, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Sorry if I got carried away with the gory details in that last message. (20 years ago, 7-Dec-05, to lugnet.technic)
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As soon as my current projects are done, or maybe even sooner than that I wanted to design a Lego Chipper as a final project for a while. The problem is that Legos can't cut wood. I have thought about using store-bought razor blades for the cutting (...) (20 years ago, 7-Dec-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | NQJ or Brick-it-Forward - So close I can feel it !!
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The 4483 AT AT was a nice set, but it was bound to happen. It was destiny. When Mike sent me an email trade offer, I could not believe my eyes. I had no idea it would happen so soon, so quick. The Force may be strong, but I could not say no to; An (...) (20 years ago, 6-Dec-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.market.jambalaya, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Slashdot had a link to an article about that vehicle, too, but it requires a specially-shaped surface to work. The one with the rotating weight works on a flat surface. (20 years ago, 6-Dec-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Right, Steve - keeping the wheels in sync may be the problem. You're onto something with the split in the chassis, though, and I thought of a three-wheeled version, where the front single wheel can pivot, like on a tricycle. I found this (...) (20 years ago, 6-Dec-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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