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Custom Pneumatic Parts
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lugnet.technic
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Fri, 9 May 2003 15:31:40 GMT
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Hi everyone,
I was just curious if anybody had ever tried to make any custom length
cylinders that were functional with the Lego pneumatics. I was thinking
about it the other day and it seems like it shouldn't be that difficult.
Greg
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: Custom Pneumatic Parts
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| (...) Hm... If one could find a tube of the same diameter it would be easy to cut the original cylinders and insert some extra length. The stroke would still be limited so the piston needs lenghtening too, that might be harder with the new versions (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.technic)
| | | Re: Custom Pneumatic Parts
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| (...) It might be more difficult than you'd think. If you try to splice two tubes together you could very easily ruin the integrity of the internal seal (either by creating a bump where it'll catch or a void where it'll lose its seal), causing your (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.technic)
| | | Re: Custom Pneumatic Parts
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| (...) McMaster-Carr and several othe parts suppliers sell pneumatic air cylinders with a variety of strokes...from less than 1" to more than 12". The most suitable ones to LEGO application (AFAIK) that I found in the catalog are made from a wound (...) (21 years ago, 14-May-03, to lugnet.technic)
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