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Subject:	Re: Dual Hex small piston compressor (repost)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics
Date:	Sun, 14 Aug 2005 13:12:35 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Paul Krieg wrote: > Hi Kevin, > Your compressor is very nice. I am fascinated by your crank. I hope I am > seeing it right. It seems a very clever way of getting the amount of travel > right and allowing the use of those pulleys with cross holes to connect all the > piston rods to the crank. The 2 halfs of your compressor look as though they > can run independently of one another. Is this true, or are they some how > mechanicaly connected? Thank you for sharing it. Hi Paul, THanks for the feedback on the compressor. Yes. There are actually two independent compressors that share the same structure. > Regards, Paul Kevin

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		Re: Dual Hex small piston compressor (repost)
(...) While at Brickfest, Nathan shared his knowledge of radial engines with me. My future radial designs will have an odd number of evenly spaced pistons/pumps. I knew that one critical issue was that the piston shaft needs to point at the axle of (...) (19 years ago, 16-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)

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		Re: Dual Hex small piston compressor (repost)
Hi Kevin, Your compressor is very nice. I am fascinated by your crank. I hope I am seeing it right. It seems a very clever way of getting the amount of travel right and allowing the use of those pulleys with cross holes to connect all the piston (...) (19 years ago, 13-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)

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