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(...) I've long held the opinion that it is a lot harder to make rigid structures using studless beams. I have yet to build anything of worth entirely from studless, despite multiple attempts. Steve (22 years ago, 10-Apr-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.books)
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(...) If you're short of space you can always double the reverser back on itself if you're using the new switches from 8455, in a similar way to your picture. That's why I like the new switches. A 2x2 switch module is probably easier to accomodate (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-04, to lugnet.technic)
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Model Airplane fuel hosing makes a good substitute for pneumatic hoses too. Lots of pretty colors. (22 years ago, 10-Apr-04, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) That is supposed to be shown if the picture cannot be rendered, for example in text browser of when rendering as speech. (...) Why not use standard text next to the pictures, that would be the best. IMHO tooltips and the like are an "annoyance (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-04, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Yes, I felt about the same but with the drawback that you had to share these toys with thousands of other people :-( During the seven days of the show, about 410000 visitors were counted. (...) In comparison to the T 282 B in the background, (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-04, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) I suppose you mean the LG 1750. This is an all new crane from Liebherr which uses an eight axle chassis with all wheel steering and four driven axles that carries the four support legs. All the other components have to be transported (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-04, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Sorry, always thought that would work with every browser but just found out that Mozilla has some problems with the mouse over texts. Therefore I can't tell which other browsers will display it correctly and which not. The mouse over texts are (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-04, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Syngress found me, and then I co-authored in my first book. It was primarily a building instruction book, with little freedom, except in the model design itself. I wrote my first version of LPub for that book. Syngress had another "10 Cool (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.books)
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Hi all, Anyone that wants generic flex tubing for models look in your local hobby shop for evergreen scale models tubing (URL) 3.2mm (1/8") tubing is a perfect substitute for LEGO flex tubing, and comes in lengths up to 60cm (24"). It only comes in (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-04, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Yes, I just noticed that it was one of your specialities - obvious due to the picture on the Technic newsgroup page. I also major in trains, which take a lot of time, so I haven't had time to develop pneumatics much for a few years. However, (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.books)
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(...) Mark, I think the subject of pneumatic sequencing is strong enough to stand by itself as a chapter. Feel free to read my writeup on the subject (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.books)
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(...) That would be my fifth book, and my second that contains pneumatic models. I'd love to do more models based on a single 8455 set. It has enough switches to make a half adder, and some cool walkers. It is a challenge to live within the (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.books)
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(...) Well, there are books about Lego Mindstorms and now a book about Lego trains, both by AFOLs, so I don't see why not. Chapters may look like this: 1. Basics. Components and simple system. 2. Larger basic systems, up to Backhoe Loader (...) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.books)
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(...) Wow! I wish I could have been there. I'd feel like a kid again roaming through an immense toy store. Thanks for posting these pics! (URL) This one> is a little disturbing :-) (...) Oh yeh! See you on the 23rd, Beat! -TJ (22 years ago, 9-Apr-04, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) Mark, I thought this one through, and I get it. I can see how it works. The solution works equally well as my solution. I don't think mine is any more or less complicated, just different. Less hoses, more T's and other technic parts than (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-04, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I'd love to see a picture of your reversor, as verbal explanations by themselves are often much harder to comprehend. (...) Again, I'd like to see this. My pneumatic mux that can act as a polarity reversor, can just as easily be used for an (...) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-04, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) The amount that a fluid can be compressed varies with the fluid, the temperature, the pressure and other things. Water can be compressed too much - that's why trucks don't use it for their hydraulic systems. Hydraulic fluid is special oil that (...) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-04, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I get the impression you've complicated things by putting different switches at different lever angles. My reverser idea puts the switch lever pivots 16mm apart, all in a line with 2-beams between: BSBSBSBSB along a beam of length 17 holes, so (...) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-04, to lugnet.technic)
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In lugnet.technic, Kevin L. Clague wrote: <snip> (...) Actually this multiplexer is more efficient because it uses less parts: (URL) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-04, to lugnet.technic)
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<snip> (...) Hi Mark, I've thought about this in the past, and ruled it out because it is such a specialty. Do you think there is a big enough market to justify a book on this topic? Kevin (22 years ago, 8-Apr-04, to lugnet.technic)
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