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(...) It was Paul Cook's. The best picture I can find at short notice is this one on Lawrence's TVLF site, it's the red truck behind the green one. (URL) Paul is reading he may be able to post a better one. (22 years ago, 26-Jul-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Someone's already built a miniture homage to Jennifer's skip truck. I saw it at a show last year. I pointed it out to Simon Bennett, it even did both actions, although it was manually operated. I can't remember who built it and Jennifer wasn't (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jul-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) (URL) that I didnt know existed before - maybe you should get Tim to do something like that to go with your skip truck, too! ROSCO (22 years ago, 26-Jul-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Dennis, Booms made of Technic beams like this are remarkably strong. I am working on a crane as well (who isn't!) and have tested the boom to 100Kg direct load and it doesn't even look like moving. I was pretty amazed about this result myself. (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jul-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam)
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(...) it along to show. He explained it to me, and if I remeber correctly, I believe it's a device for accurately positioning something in 3-dimensional space. I'd better leave the detailed description to him since I'm not familiar with this type of (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jul-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I seem to remember they've inserted studs into technic holes before, which is a bit sus - can't find an example though. Also squeezing a plate between 2 rows of studs to get a 90 deg angle. Both of these are "close enough" but if left for long (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) And those that don't are usually happy to mail out printed material, just ask! (...) My tower crane was done from just looking at cranes working locally (and the occasional chat with an operator - around here they're generally happy to have a (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I saw someone else's photo of this the other day and was mightily intrigued. Looks very cool - but what the heck is it? (URL) - to you and to everyone who did the same - for posting pics so that those of us who couldn't attend in person can at (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.technic)
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I've collected my Brickfest pics that focus on the Technic, Model Team, and Mindstorms themes. They are presented along with quick descriptions, and they are all thumbnails linked to larger images. (URL) (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Google indeed does rock. Thanks! So far so good. Hate mucking around in the registry but... happy Nik is worth the risk I guess. (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Google rocks. :) (URL) linked me to Brian Bagnall's homepage. James (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.technic)
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Has anyone done the subject thing? Did it work? Anything special you had to try? We tried installing from the UK CD to a fairly new XP machine. The first time I tried installing I skipped installing QT 3 and DirectX 5 since the machine already has (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.technic)
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So I ordered the 8475 RC 4x4 (URL) not a true 4x4, for the front wheels are unpowered) I put the vehicle together over lunch today, and had to scrounge for batteries, but after everything was done, let me tell you, it's alotta fun! I put an RCX in (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.technic)
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In lugnet.technic, Thomas Avery writes: <snip> (...) <snip> Once reading that I was sure I encountered "illegal" connections in many official sets, but I couldn't remember any specific example. After some thinking I came up only with: Before the (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.technic)
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As were talking about cranes check out this link (URL) jib dwarfs the truck part of the crane, which is already about as big as they come being a ten axled Gottwald AK912. Steve (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.technic)
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"Greg Muri" <gmuri1@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:Gzt6t2.AEI@lugnet.com... (...) would (...) about (...) Most of the major manufacturers have datasheets available from their websites; certainly Liebherr, Demag and Grove have datasheets with (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.technic)
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Very impressive crane, certainly can see why it was voted #1 Technic MOC! I especially like the look of the boom, I just love the look of the beams. I was curious if this was based on a specific crane or just an excellent general representation of (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.technic)
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Hello, I am interested in starting a large crane project and am looking for some advice. I have seen many pictures surfing the web, but have found no detailed information from which to base a model of a real crane. What would be the best place to (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I was fortunate enough to get it right (or at least get it to work) on the first try. For some reason, every part of the construction went very well, almost too well. I kept a log of my building time, and was quite surprized at the final (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam)
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Thomas, (...) Sounds interesting! (...) Only 71 hours, that's not much for such a high tech crane. I wish I could see the crane in real once. It would be great if you can show on the Modelshow Europe ;-) The visitors like the LEGO models! Especially (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam)
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