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Hi, Can anybody tell me what gears drive the old caterpillar tread chainlinks (service pack 5244 I think) and at what spacing the axles would be for a pack of 54 (I'm assuming you need two packs, one for each side) Thanks William (23 years ago, 2-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Still under development
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(...) That was a fast shine, now we're getting something like two inches of snow every hour - or even more. In any case the snow is way too deep for any LEGO bulldozer... /Tobbe (URL) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Pneumatics: the old and the new
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(...) You cold use the "stylish" hard plastic tubing that came with a lot of Technic sets in late '90ies and also act's as outer hose for flexi cables. Of course you'll still need small portions of pneumatic hoses but at least the amount is limited. (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Red Technic Gear - 24 Tooth
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(...) 9731 Vision Command (URL) on you for not checking there first ;-) I may have two new ones from a set that I split. If you want to check your local Dixons (UK), they have reduced it to 9.97! the SKU is 175878 - the sticker on the shelf in my (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Pneumatics: the old and the new
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(...) Now things get a little philosophical :) The air tank itself has no idea about vacuum or pressure. The only thing the tank stores is a pressure difference. The difference between the outer pressure and the inner presure. This difference might (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Red Technic Gear - 24 Tooth
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Red Technic Gear - 24 Tooth Which set do these come from? Scott A =+= Have you inspected Arthur’s Seat yet? (URL) reasonable man adapts himself to suit his environment. An unreasonable man persists in attempting to adapt his environment to suit (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: New Technic MOC: Dornier DO-228
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(...) << snip >> (...) At first I though it was in minifig scale with all those chairs but nooo... :)) Se TMOTM: (URL) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Still under development
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(...) Perhaps you could get it working with Plate 1 x 2 with Ladder 4175? (URL)3) Blade seems one stud too wide between the mounts, the rack pieces (...) The blade is built as yours but you are right about the axle. Fixed :) (...) Not true, my two (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Still under development
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(...) I've fixed the errors but now I have a very boring front. I may move the grill to the sides. (...) You've used a grey peg instead of a 4L axle. I noticed in your photo. See the updated dat. You've probably built the mounts 1L to far in or the (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Pneumatics: the old and the new
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Hi there, Rob That thread led to an extensive discussion into the depths of "vacuum storage". It would appear that storing compressed air is no problem but 'the whole concept of "storing vacuum" is a little disturbing.' Well, you can certainly pump (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | New Technic MOC: Dornier DO-228
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Soooo, the next model: a Dornier DO-228. I wanted to build an airplane, and the DO-228 is well suited to build a Lego model of: It has straight lines, not a 'round' fusilage etc. Also, I wanted to build something larger than a Pipercup or something (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic) !
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| | Re: Pneumatics: the old and the new
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Wow!! That is a fantastic model, it's a shame they're not produced anymore - I wonder if TLG would be capable of manufacturing parts which function the same way as the old ones did? If it were possible to obtain new parts that performed the same (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Still under development
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(...) *smiles* No, the design is brilliant :) (...) Yup, took me something like 30-45 min. to gather the pieces, then I took a brake and made and published the vote page for TMOTM, after that it took me another 120 minutes to build and upload the (...) (23 years ago, 1-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Before I clicked the link I thought you'd just rendered it in white, then I realised you'd actually built it :) (...) As soon as I read that paragraph I knew exactly what you meant, and of course your absolutely right. Yours is so much better (...) (23 years ago, 1-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Still under development
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With best regards from Sweden I give you the first Swedish Steve Lane Bulldozer, all in white (almost) to make the snow photos tomorrow even worse :) Or one could also say it's in UN vehicle painting :) (URL) I loved building it. I had to do a few (...) (23 years ago, 1-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| | VOTE: Technic Model of the Month - February
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FUT: lugnet.technic Hi there! As it is a new month it's not only time to select the best MOTM on ldraw.org but also time to vote for the best _Technic_ MOTM! I got nine entries this first very short premier month, see them and judge them here: (URL) (...) (23 years ago, 1-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.publish, lugnet.fun, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Bionicle comic #4, The Bohrok Awake! (Some questions)
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(...) In the online game, they all had their gold masks by the time they got to Kini Nui. I don't think every detail of the plots are going to be shown. And even those that are shown are full of inconsistencies. The non-toy materials are more like (...) (23 years ago, 1-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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| | Re: Still under development
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(...) I looked at the motor in the dat and it was just as you described, I've changed them all to grey so it's fixed now even the one you can't see :-). (...) Yes you can see it but I'm gonna leave it like that. (...) The device you mention is (...) (23 years ago, 1-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Pneumatics: the old and the new
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Hello pneumatics fans, I have been working a lot with pneumatics lately, and have made some interesting discoveries. I think the most notable is a method of using the old style red cylinders with the new pneumatics system. I came across this as I (...) (23 years ago, 1-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Bionicle comic #4, The Bohrok Awake! (Some questions)
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1. The Gold Kanohi- How did the Toa get them? According to Bionicle # 3, gold masks combine the energies of all 6 masks. But the Toa didn't have all of the regular masks before Bionicle #4- Tahu has no mask of levitation, for example. Were the gold (...) (23 years ago, 1-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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