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Re: Hailfire Droid wheel explorations
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lugnet.build, lugnet.technic, lugnet.znap
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Mon, 6 Dec 2004 23:23:41 GMT
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Geoffrey Hyde <gdothyde@bigponddotnetdotau*NoMoreSpam*>
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I've been thinking, there's gotta be some way one could adapt one or two of
those hailfire droid wheels for a turntable assembly, like for a crane
project or to build a rotating restaurant on top of. Anyone got any ideas
or photos that might help?
Cheers ...
Geoffrey Hyde
"Ray Sanders" <rsanders@svic.net> wrote in message
news:I8BpxF.yCG@lugnet.com...
> The other night, I started exploring what uses can be made of the big gear
> wheel
> from the Hailfire Droid. Having plenty of ZNAP beams handy, I used a few
> of them
> as a gear box to hold the wheel.
>
> <<http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/cosmicray/hailfire-wheel/dcp04851sm.jpg>>
>
> The first attempt was to use four 8-tooth gears, in the next pin hole out
> from
> the center. That worked, but there appears to be an issue with the
> inside-curvature of the big droid wheel (an inverted gear as I think of
> it) and
> the tight turning radius of the 8-tooth gears. Much chattering of the gear
> teeth
> was heard. So I switched up to 40-tooth gears (as shown above). Very
> smooth
> action now... and quiet ! Someone in another thread remarked that the
> droid
> wheel could have used some pin-holes (for securing to an object).. I
> concur on
> that.
>
> Onward to practical uses ! (like using it to drive my ferris wheel)
>
> Ray
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