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(...) Nothing wrong (you nicely prove it!). Except that I wanted the probe of the depthmeter to be as thin as possible (thinner than an axle). If you have some constructions details of your calipers, that would be appreciated! Philo (16 years ago, 26-May-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: New LDraw Tool for Parts author: Rulers and Calipers
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(...) That's a nice build! Thanks for the rulers and the idea! But what's wrong with the traditional caliper design? With that you have both the width and depth measuring possibilities in the same tool: (URL) (16 years ago, 25-May-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: New LDraw Tool for Parts author: Rulers and Calipers
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(tried to answer yesterday, but something got wrong...) (...) You can easily build a slightly shorter span version using common axle 12! (...) Here too, something went wrong. Corrected now! Philo (16 years ago, 25-May-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: New LDraw Tool for Parts author: Rulers and Calipers
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(...) SNIP (...) *Very* interesting, Philo! I just wish I had the white axle 16. :-( Is it just me, or is the page 4 of the building instructions messed up? (16 years ago, 24-May-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: New LDraw Tool for Parts author: Rulers and Calipers
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(...) These tools look very useful! Thanks for sharing the idea and design, Philo. Jim (16 years ago, 24-May-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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This time, it is not a software utility, but physical measuring tools... a set of do-it-yourself measuring instruments to get parts dimensions directly in LDraw units. (URL) Acrobat document to print your own rulers and scales, and building (...) (16 years ago, 24-May-09, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.technic, FTX) !
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I've been reading the Power Functions protocol specification. I'm thinking that the train controller is using: Single Output Mode Mode = Clear/Set/Toggle 0100 Increment PWM and 0101 Decrement PWM when you spin a knob. Possibly Single Output Mode (...) (16 years ago, 20-May-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Technicopedia Update
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(...) Agreed. 8479 while having 4 models has a one clear "main" model. 8485 in my mind, has two main models and one alternate model. But neither are universal sets. 8094 is a universal set, in my line of thinking. (16 years ago, 17-May-09, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: Technicopedia Update
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(...) I no longer have a proofreader, so please feel free to let me know where you've found errors and I'll correct them. Just send me a personal email. I feel the same about the universal sets. I find that 8062, 8082, and 8094 are very good. The (...) (16 years ago, 17-May-09, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: Technicopedia Update
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(...) Hi Eric, awesome update. It's no wonder that I only have three technic universal sets in my collection - and one of these was a gift, 8020. The other two are 8082, along with 8456, the fiber optic set from 1996, which I consider a universal (...) (16 years ago, 17-May-09, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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