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"Fredrik Glöckner" <fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no> wrote in message news:qrdofi4zn9o.fsf....uio.no... (...) Well spotted! I thought things were maybe getting a bit much when I started to worry about the colour of the minifig hands being used as fake (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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"Tobbe Arnesson" <tnt@arnesson.nu> wrote in message news:3c809cbb.388957...net.com... (...) It is impressive indeed, technic aircraft are always a real challenge IMHO. Was it difficult to avoid the wings sagging at that scale? I liked the work in (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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-- Bob Fay THE SHOP (URL) Arnesson" <tnt@arnesson.nu> wrote in message news:3c960f8f.174264...net.com... (...) you (...) building. (...) A man was trying to remove the ink from news paper so the paper could be used again. He was unable to acomplish (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Uhm, could you explain that part a little? I think my English is lacking again :) Sorry. (...) I vaugly recall seeing a mill about a year ago, is that the MOC you refer to? (...) LOL! Well, that's another thing I like about LEGO. I've broaden (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Hm, I guess since the mechanical/pneumatic solution can hold the current position but not get to it w/o HOG (Hand of God - Builders hand) it's OK. But I'd write a notice next to the picture never the less. I've also found rubberbands can help (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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On Mon, 18 Mar 2002 12:28:04 GMT, Fredrik =?iso-8859-1?q?Gl=F6ckner?= <fredrigl@math.uio.no> wrote: <<snip>> (...) I kind of like problem solving but if my solution proves not to work in a later stage in building I get very disappointed and wont (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Hm... Can't see why not :) But as you say _has_ existed, I've stolen the motors from it. (...) Download my picture and put it in your BS-folder with the .dat-file so I only need to do one link and I'll put it in. A short description in a (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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I admit that I have encountered the same feeling(s). I am actually relieved to hear that others have as well. As a programmer by trade, I find building to be quite exciting and relaxing (and challenging)... all of which are good. However, I am used (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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Making a model that will "do something" is my challenge. The saying "If you cannot solve the problem, change the problem." is the basis for my building. This requires a lot of rebuilding to achieve a design that will perform according to your (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) heh, it just occured to me that "Motec" means, in Hebrew, "Sweetheart", "Honey", etc... :) Dan XFUT lugnet.off-topic.fun (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I can certainly relate to your experiences. I, too, like to use LEGO as a means for relaxing and getting my mind off work and everyday's trivialities. However, I suppose I like problem solving. So when I build with LEGO, I like to experiment (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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I know the problem, and sometime I just forget about it, and take a the photos when the cylinders are in the current position I want them to be. The mainproblems I struggle with are the boggilift e.g when the air goes out, the axle drops down, and (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I wouldn't mind entering your build of my bulldozer design. I think this should be legal as the finished model has actually physically existed. Also the finished product was 100% my design save for the light on the top and the small bonnet (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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Hi! I'm still thinking about Ross's way cool power source in his Single Set Power Puller ( (URL) ) and I got a crazy (?) thought, How much power can you get from making a lever-powered creation? If you connected a tall lever-thingie to the drive (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Cool! Any pictures? /Tobbe (URL) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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Hi! I constantly forget that LEGO, after all, is a toy and get disappointed when I can't get the realism of real world applications done with LEGO. It's most often the pneumatics that have too short stroke and/or streanght. The motion envelope get's (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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FUT lugnet.technic Hi! I realize it's not much time left with all the competitions currently running but I'd still like to see more then two entries fro this months MoTeC (Monthly Technic Creation)! I'll add one myself so it's three but I bet you (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.build.contests)
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Been doing a little hobby project of making as many Technic motorcycles as I have parts for. One that I do not own but am trying to recreate from the box (bag?) artwork/pic is the Trike Buggy, set #1257 (or #3000 as the Kabaya Promotional Set: Trike (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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I've been pretty busy lately. The following represents about two months of work and it's all stuff I built for the recent TEXLUG meeting. For the 2002 TOWN contest: D Large buildings (URL) Row Buildings 3 small connected office buildings. N Bridges (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic, lugnet.org.us.texlug) !
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I just built a small 4-wheel drive vehicle. It weighs a mere 12 ounces and it lifted 14 1/2 ounces. That's 120% of it's own weight. I more than doubled my original lift from my first vehicle I built. So dust off those creations and hook up the juice (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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