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  lego 'gun'
 
My latest avenue of lego research is lego firing. I am trying to make a contraption using only lego peices that will fire a small projectile (eg a black friction peg) as far as possible. At first I tried to use springs, but the results were very (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.technic)
 
  Re: lego 'gun'
 
one word cool you know what would be cool? If you made a movie with you firing the 'gun'! - (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.technic)
 
  Re: lego 'gun'
 
(...) David A. Karr made a LEGO machine gun that can fire 17 2x4s in 1.9 secs. See it at: (URL) . Alan (URL) (24 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.technic)
 
  Re: lego 'gun'
 
(...) I experimented with this a while ago. I managed to fire a 10 stud axle about 5 meters using an elastic band setup with a beam stricking the axle. However, this didn't give a very gun-like contraption, and I never quite perfected a trigger (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.technic)
 
  Re: lego 'gun'
 
(...) Mike, Just recently the topic of rubber band gun out of LEGO came up here at the office and I was thinking of making one this weekend. Your idea sounds good and simple, but I'm having trouble picturing the design. Could you supply a pic or (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.technic)
 
  Re: lego 'gun'
 
(...) the (...) Not to jump in for Mike, but I think this is kinda what he's talking about: (bear with my wonderful ascii) rubber '24' cog gear |***...*** band __/\/\/\__ (I tried) | ***...*** _\ /_ | *******\* / | < ***...*** > | /_ _\* | /_ _\ | (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.technic)
 
  Re: lego 'gun'
 
Thanks Dave I got the picture now, nice job on the ASCII diagram. jt (...) -- ---...--- James J. Trobaugh North Georgia LEGO Train Club (URL) (24 years ago, 9-Jun-00, to lugnet.technic)
 
  Re: lego 'gun'
 
(...) A really wonderfully designed single shot rubber band gun can be found at (URL) (24 years ago, 9-Jun-00, to lugnet.technic)

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