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Re: tougher lego gears
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.technic
Date: 
Tue, 21 Jun 2005 07:36:40 GMT
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In lugnet.parts.custom, Jack Valmadre wrote:
Take a look at this:
<http://news.lugnet.com/technic/?n=6899>

- David

I "doped" the gear and it still broke.  I think it might have lasted a bit
longer though.  I put it in boiling water for 5 minutes then in iced water for 5
minutes.  Didn't use it until about 15 minutes later.
Any other suggestions?

Bummer. My suggestion would be to "gang" more gears side-by-side.

You could use metal gears, like meccano or something, but you'd always have a
weak point at the plastic/metal interface. Or you could do all the mechanicals
in metal, and just use LEGO to make it look good.

ROSCO



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  Re: tougher lego gears
 
(...) I "doped" the gear and it still broke. I think it might have lasted a bit longer though. I put it in boiling water for 5 minutes then in iced water for 5 minutes. Didn't use it until about 15 minutes later. Any other suggestions? Jack (19 years ago, 21-Jun-05, to lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.technic)

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