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| | Re: Vineet Honkan
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| Nathan- Apparently some people on this sitedon't like to use this board to email individuals, so I'll fill you in in an email I'll send to you. (20 years ago, 18-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic)
| | | | Re: Vineet Honkan
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| (...) You still have the same email address, right? (20 years ago, 18-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic)
| | | | Vineet Honkan
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| Vineet, what have you been building lately? (20 years ago, 18-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic)
| | | | Re: oldest lego technic piece
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| Hi, (...) some of the axles existed even before Technic (IIRC 4 6 8 12) for the big colored pre-technic gears. They changed from uncolored to black when technic was introduced, and probably the material was changed as well. Jürgen (20 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic)
| | | | Re: oldest lego technic piece
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| (...) OK, I am not a Technic expert, but I do know about the European gear sets that were produced starting in 1970 had axle pieces that are compatible with Technic today. The #800, #801 and #802 sets were the first of these. I was surprised to not (...) (20 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic)
| | | | oldest lego technic piece
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| Does anyone out there know what the oldest lego technic piece is that is still in use? IE a u-joint, axle, pin etc. (20 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic)
| | | | Re: New excavator
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| (...) One good source for these tracks is the Tonka toy company. They make several bulldozer models that are fairly good size. I assume they can be ordered overseas. Another good source for tracks are Remote-control toys. Many of them have tracks (...) (20 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
| | | | Re: New excavator
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| (...) Yes, are these tracks still available, and from where? And, if they are available, are they sold in the U.S., or are they from a different country? I know there are some things that can no longer be purchased in the U.S., like the Scout/SDK (...) (20 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
| | | | Re: Large Front Loader
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| (...) Thanks for feedback Yes - the steering definitely is pneumatic, and works quite fine for such a large model. The axel you see coming from rear to front section of loader is the main engine drive shaft. One interesting design approach is that I (...) (20 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
| | | | Re: Large Front Loader
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| John Fors- I just took a look at it and it's very nice! The idea of putting the valves in front of the steering wheel was pure genius! It gives it a somewhat realistic view. Is the steering pneumatic-driven, like how the real thing is (...) (20 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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