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(...) Not for the moment - it was a scratch build yesterday evening, after I saw yours, and it is now on display in the window of my cubicle at work, just next to the display stand with 'real' calipers and micrometers and such. I might take some (...) (15 years ago, 26-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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(...) 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 (15 years ago, 26-May-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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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) (15 years ago, 25-May-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.technic)
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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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I have now added the sets from 1993 to Technicopedia including 8022, 8042, 8082, 8818, 8824, 8857, and 8872. (URL) Eric (URL) Technicopedia> (URL) (16 years ago, 17-May-09, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: A couple of gear questions
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(...) It should perhaps be noted that there are now two versions of this part, and the newer version no longer has a torque range embossed on the side. The BI for 8292 shows the older part, but mine came with the newer. My 8297 both came with the (...) (16 years ago, 9-May-09, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) ummmm.. things could break and people could, well... you figure it out. humans and snapping high tension steal cables don't mix. cables win. weird! /G (16 years ago, 5-May-09, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic)
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(...) I wonder why competative winching has bever been a sport? What you'd do is connect the winches on two trucks, and whichever drags the other to the mid point first wins. You wouldn't be allowed to connect the trucks to anything but you could (...) (16 years ago, 30-Apr-09, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic)
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Hello everyone, It has been a while since I posted a 'story' on Lugnet, however.... Here is the latest completed project. (URL) 16 wheel detachable goose neck low boy with a 16 wheel jeep and a fully functional winch truck. It is designed to haul (...) (16 years ago, 30-Apr-09, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce)
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For the past 6 months on and off I've been trying to create a Technic construction vehicle... with all tries miserably failing, until recently I managed to pull up a nice undercarriage system which, in my opinion, is kind of huge. I originally (...) (16 years ago, 24-Apr-09, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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Hi all, Had my camera back so figured I'd upload a video of the new PF controller controlling some old 9V stuff. It's hooked to an original PF battery box, don't have he new one and haven't tested the old 9V b-box. (URL) (16 years ago, 21-Apr-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Right, that's what I meant- sorry for the confusion. (16 years ago, 18-Apr-09, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: A couple of gear questions
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(...) He probably means two clutch gears in a single axle, meshing with two other gears which also share an axle. That way (in parallel) they should slip at twice the nominal torque. (16 years ago, 18-Apr-09, to lugnet.technic)
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