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One thing I would suggest trying (on a tube you can afford to loose!) is to put a piece of wire (or whatever) in the tube, and then put it in a sunny place for a day. Somewhere like a well lit window-sill. Allow it to cool by itself at the end of (...) (23 years ago, 23-Nov-01, to lugnet.technic)
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i know this is a little late to mention this but, when i got the 2nd bionicle comic, tucked away in it was a ccg card. any one else get a "free" card with thier comic? (23 years ago, 22-Nov-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) They are hollow, so you could insert a straigt wire of a more rigid material, maybe a thin type of knitting needle (the ones used for socks, pointed at both ends) Maybe it even helps to let a tube reinfored this way rest for a couple of days. (...) (23 years ago, 22-Nov-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) and (...) and (...) Ok, here's what I do :-) You are correct in saying these things are almost never straight, in fact I think the key to their use is to assume that they will *never* be straight. Look at them as splines with the only means (...) (23 years ago, 22-Nov-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: hazards of heavy lifting (Re: Crawler Crane MOC)
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(...) Here are some images of that huge crane: (URL) the upfollowing images in the folder: (URL) (23 years ago, 22-Nov-01, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic)
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(...) <floating this idea back to the top> Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? thanks, James (23 years ago, 22-Nov-01, to lugnet.technic)
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hmmm... That'd be impresive indeed. Anyone have any ideas on how to "make" the really large diameter gears in LEGO® ? -Xanthra47 PS. I think the people reading lugnet.technic will enjoy this too so I'm x-posting it there : ) pmunce (...) (23 years ago, 22-Nov-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Annoucing a project
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(...) (23 years ago, 22-Nov-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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| | Re: hazards of heavy lifting (Re: Crawler Crane MOC)
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(...) Hey Dennis, your English is good, your swearing's perfect :-). Steve (23 years ago, 21-Nov-01, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: hazards of heavy lifting (Re: Crawler Crane MOC)
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(...) You're right. My crane crashed once: (URL) I didn't lift anything. It was due to a construction error. You could image I was really pissed off. (...) But the bigger your crane, the harder to keep it straight .... This loonatic's crane almost (...) (23 years ago, 21-Nov-01, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic)
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