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Adder/Subtractor based mechanisms Synchro Drive Pneumatic Circuit Ratchet Bracing Lego structures with cross beams Ganging multiple pneumatic switches onto a single piston for control ... the list goes on and on and on... There's a lot of stuff out (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I was gonna mention Fred Martin, but then you did... If someone was to want to do such a thing (and it would be very nifty if someone did!) his stuff would provide one starting point. Another starting point would be some of the SNOT (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Also, Fred Martin's stuff is static.... I was thinking of something dynamic, where new design patterns could be added all the time, as long as people were submitting them. One of the important things about documenting LEGO design patterns (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Nod. Those were mentioned by me as sources or seeds for such a dynamic repository rather than as an end state. (...) WHY is key in my book. Else it's just being clever for cleverness's sake. As in the software Design Patterns you reference, (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) A link to an HTML version of Fred's original article: (URL) those who may not be familiar with it. (...) I'm wondering about the first part of your statement Larry. Unless I'm misunderstanding... isn't the 'why' so that you can share knowledge (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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One thing that I find really annoying about this kind of book/CD/website, is that it rehashes general mechanical knowledge. While there is no argument that this is important information, it isn't lego specific and is available in a million other (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I would somewhat disagree... based on two points: 1) I don't think this type of info is that easily found. Now this is just my feeling, not really a statistic based statement. The only *decent* site I've ever found that presented a nice (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) No, you're spot on. Gears and chain drives are both viable ways of transmitting power... but the real trick is to know when each one is a good choice, It's not even enough just to say "chains are good for bikes and gears are good for cars".... (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) LOL actually most (all?) Harleys are belt drive. When is belt drive a better option? But I agree a compendium of such "secrets" would be a good thing. But it'd take a lot of time & effort to compile, and that's after you've taken the abstract (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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Hello, let me reply to a number of related postings at once here ... (...) Not being exactly the GUI expert you may have envisioned, I think the GUI would need to offer sensible categories and potentially more powerful mechanisms to really find the (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Excellent example. Yes, it was really the organizational aspect that I was thinking of. This is partly a facet of the GUI... in how the user navigates to the data, how it is presented etc. But on second thought, it's also a data (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) That sounds rather overengineered to me. Why not make a Wiki like the software patterns people do? Jürgen (21 years ago, 27-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Hi all, What about using the ample and growing infrastructure provided by the Brick Instruction Portal for this project? (URL) a builder who takes the time to fully document my MOCs for some of the reasons mentioned in this thread. However, (...) (21 years ago, 27-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) A LEGO Robotics Wiki exists see: (URL) (21 years ago, 27-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) wasn't robotics specific? One that covers SNOT designs, and other general building techniques; edifice construction, including roofing and multiple floors; building large sculptures out of LEGO; focus on some of the more interesting LEGO (...) (21 years ago, 27-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) further feedback. Isn't there already a category there for building techniques? Perhaps with some additional sub-categories, it could be fairly easy to get the ball rolling. (...) You have an extremely good point there. I already have a LUGNET (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.inst)
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(...) =8D Here it is: (URL) (21 years ago, 28-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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