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(...) snip It looks good to me too. I've had good success with diagonals connected to the studs on the outsides of the beams. One example: (URL) I imagine that your design, with the diagonals "sandwiched" in their connection, might perform okay. (...) (20 years ago, 9-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) Indeed... even color scheme match ;o) Philo (20 years ago, 9-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) For those who have extremly large photos from their digital cameras, and are posting them at huge resolutions, I recomend: (URL) right-click on the photo, and select "Resize Pictures". (Nice pumpsteps, guys!) Iain (20 years ago, 9-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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Fhilo, Awesome mocs! When I saw the jigsaw I had to post a picture of my module. It operates on the same principal as yours but the inside saw is stationary. You Can Find 2 pictures here after moderation (URL) Great minds think alike,eh? Cheers (...) (20 years ago, 9-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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(...) Wow! I loved your first two modules, and these two are beautiful as well! Your designs have a wonderful simplicity and elegant functionality that is very hard (for me at least) to emulate. Just wonderful! And the fact that all the modules can (...) (20 years ago, 9-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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(...) Hi there! (...) Seems very practical to me. If the load is confined to the ends, your construction should easily handle it. However if you plan to suspend (lift/mount) it from any point on the truss, I would suggest adding a vertical brace at (...) (20 years ago, 8-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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In lugnet.technic, John Ladasky wrote: (2 URLs) (...) I'm going to leave the comments about the strength to more experienced builders (TJ? ROSCO?) but it certainly looks good. - David (20 years ago, 8-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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Ive always been a fan of space, but I never really managed to get down to doing anything in the theme as of late as it was too abstract for me (Although I did a lot of stuff as a kid, my memory and definition of what spaceyness was got wiped out (...) (20 years ago, 8-Mar-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.space, lugnet.technic, FTX) !
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Greetings, Technic builders! I have been very impressed with the giant bridges and cranes that you folks can build. Now I am working on a model that requires a truss. The model is minifig scale, so I care about the look of the truss, as much as its (...) (20 years ago, 8-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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If I'm not mistaken, didn't the Lego Technic sports racer from 1995, set 8440 also have a type of Ackerman steering? (20 years ago, 8-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Really cool! Very inspiring, too bad I just have one LEGO basketball. ;) (20 years ago, 8-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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In lugnet.technic, Steve Hassenplug wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> (...) Working on it... (with inspiration from the king of rtl builders--Iain :) ) Dave K (20 years ago, 8-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) The black pieces are constructed the same way as the red saw (technic brick + inverted 45° slopes). The red saw has a circular motion, pushing the balls forward when it is up. When down, the fixed black saws prevent balls from going backwards. (...) (20 years ago, 8-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) My next one should be Spybot controlled... (...) Thanks, Steve ;o) Philo (20 years ago, 8-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Well... yours are outstanding too, especially the (URL) ball pump> ;o) Philo (20 years ago, 8-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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(...) 22969 is wider. Keith (20 years ago, 8-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Yes, he is from Hungary. People from any country could be good Lego designers. Most people in the world just cannot afford Legos. They are an expensive hobby! (20 years ago, 8-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic)
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Philo, These are brilliant! All of your modules are very nice, but my favourite is the jigsaw. I had to look at the pictures and video for a long time to understand how it worked. I finally realized that the black pieces on each side of the red (...) (20 years ago, 8-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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(...) Beside the color, what is the difference between this part: (URL) and this part: (URL) ? - David (20 years ago, 7-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) (URL) (...) (URL) (...) (URL) (...) Just wonderful!!, I love them all, specially the shovel. (20 years ago, 7-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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