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(...) Ha! You're not a real crane builder till you've had at least one massive failure ;) Looking good Alvin. And you'd be surprised how much steel booms bend - check out this pic for an example: (URL) up a piece of paper along it to see the bend) (...) (16 years ago, 10-Jul-08, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Thanks for the compliment! Yes the 8297 has great and cool new parts. Mainly the new differential seems to be a good move forward, and kept hidden from our eyes until the new sets release. Many analysis from available photos and videos were (...) (16 years ago, 9-Jul-08, to lugnet.technic)
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If you go to the very excellent www.technicbricks.blogspot.com you will find the building instructions for all three of this summers technic models. Looking at the instructions for the 8297 off roader I noticed that we will get a new differential (...) (16 years ago, 9-Jul-08, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) faired better than my crane that decided to go down in a hurry (serious operator error :-) (URL) Looks like I need to stiffen up the boom a bit... (...) You're dealing with a relatively shallow boom cross section (i.e. thickness is fairly thin (...) (16 years ago, 9-Jul-08, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I have altered the crossover controls to provide for an all-straight state by tweaking the springs in the switching rails. I have also motorized the crossover in such a way that it can be set straight, TL-BR or BL-TR with two switches (both (...) (16 years ago, 7-Jul-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.parts.mod)
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(...) Well, after many dissapointments over the weekend: (URL) finally got to raise the main boom on this creation: (URL) like I need to stiffen up the boom a bit... (URL) sill is going to be a fixed jib added for the lifting test, and a Luffing jib (...) (16 years ago, 7-Jul-08, to lugnet.technic)
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Hi, The motorized Bulldozer ( 8275 ) can be controlled via ir-remote and has 4 strong motors. The “power functions” are perfect to create strong vehicles. With 9V batterybox - so perfect to make some LED lights ! (3 URLs) Hope you like it. questions (...) (16 years ago, 4-Jul-08, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) You are corect, sir! Many of the containers are "1"; but some of the components are "5". Seattle recycling has a nutty rule for plastic, anyway: "Ignore the numbers—recycle only plastic bottles, tubs, jugs, and jars, plus shopping, newspaper (...) (16 years ago, 27-Jun-08, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, FTX)
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(...) I can't believe I'm even suggesting this, but if there's a triangle made of arrows with a number inside located somewhere on the bottom, that piece of plastic can indeed be recycled. But if you plan to keep the sets intact, but don't plan to (...) (16 years ago, 27-Jun-08, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) Indeed. I feel more than silly trying to find space to store it because I can't stomach putting that stuff in a landfill. With a couple of exceptions, the packaging can't be recycled and has also become egregiously un-MOCable and just plain (...) (16 years ago, 27-Jun-08, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) Those sets certainly do have increasingly elaborate packaging for you to throw away. (16 years ago, 26-Jun-08, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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Yoiks! The price for Bionicle canister sets has jumped 30% since the last release. Is it just the weak dollar? The piece-count is roughly the same. (16 years ago, 26-Jun-08, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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From fischer's site (URL) (16 years ago, 16-Jun-08, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Yeah, check out my brickshelf folder....I still have all the cranes there with the exception of the 18000...So I have a good bit of beams :D (...) Yeah, I have seen the 2250's do the same thing. One thing that I have noticed about the (...) (16 years ago, 13-Jun-08, to lugnet.technic)
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Impressive supply of Technic beams you have there :-) The completed model is going to be a monster. Nice job. (...) I've been checking out the design of the dual CC8800, and it appears to not really require that the turntable resists overturning (...) (16 years ago, 12-Jun-08, to lugnet.technic)
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Hey Chris, Well obviously the octopus is my faviourite part ; ) This is some excellent work. It is always great to see some technical lego solutions to various challenges, and this one stands up very well. Thanks for sharing and God Bless, Nathan (16 years ago, 11-Jun-08, to lugnet.technic)
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I have uploaded a ldraw file of my clock before the chimes. The clock is complete but the parts are not in an instructional order yet. (URL) Chris (16 years ago, 11-Jun-08, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Respectfully, I believe this is not custom, it's the fischertechnik pneumatic tank. It is larger than the LEGO tank, and has 4 ports instead of two. They run about USD $6-7 retail, but you're required to buy them in lots of 10, so they can be (...) (16 years ago, 8-Jun-08, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Bob, thanks for the compliments! I think that 2 or 3 Tie Interceptors would me more than doable! I am expexting it to be able to lift around 10 lbs at the full height of 25 feet, and somewhere in the neighborhood of 50 lbs with only 5 feet of (...) (16 years ago, 7-Jun-08, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) This is of course a very impressive crane, all in terms of size, complexity and how well it is capturing the look of the real thing. When it's finished, please post a pic showing its maximum load capacity - do you think 2 or 3 UCS Tie (...) (16 years ago, 5-Jun-08, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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