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(...) To get serious for a moment, there are probably dozens of places near you (assuming you're not on some remote sheep station, connecting via direct satellite link ;-) Day care centers, the nursery at your church, the pediatrics ward at your (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I never hooked up a motor to it (mainly because the only motor I had at the time was in use in another model), so I don't know for sure, but IIRC it didn't involve much torque, once I tweaked the bushings to keep the gears meshed without (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Ran Talbott <ran@netgate.net> wrote in message news:FyCpHp.A1D@lugnet.com... (...) made (...) 10 (...) Hmmm - what would I do with all the rest of the Duplo, though? :o) I'd have enough trouble getting rid of it as it is ... (...) I had a closer (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Duplo set 2983 includes a barrel that's about 6 studs in diameter by 9 or 10 high. You'd need to drill the bottom for the agitator axle, but I think that's only a "venial" sin among purists, compared to introducing a "foreign element" ;-) (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Hmmm - but that was hand-cranked. Did you try applying a motor to it, and see if it could take on the same amount of torque? Rotational speed isn't the only factor to take into account, there is also the torsional component. To make a half-decent (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I don't know about the agitator, but with enough gears, you can speed up the rotation from a single motor quite easily. With 4 pairs of 24-tooth gears driving 8-tooth gears, I created a hand-cranked fan with incredible speed. So as long as the (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Oddly enough, there isn't one. But the better battery box is worth the sacrifice, for me. Especially since I also bought one of the cheaper sets to get shafted (so to speak). (...) Boba Fett has been stealing parts out of Lego sets? ;-) Ran (25 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.znap, lugnet.technic, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.robotics)
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3591 does not contain any flex shafts. 3552 and 3571 should each contain two. Dennis (...) -- Dennis Williamson - Certified Y2K Complacent Bad News: The next millenium starts on a Monday. Good News: You get the day off. (remove .NO and SPAM. to (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.znap, lugnet.technic, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.robotics)
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"Miles Gentry" <gentrym@gte.net> wrote in message news:Fy128y.Gz6@lugnet.com... (...) while (...) not (...) Good (...) Get (...) on (...) "clearance" (...) I didn't find a flexible drive shaft in this set. Can anyone confirm that it should be (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.znap, lugnet.technic, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.robotics)
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I'm wondering if anyone has ever given this a go - specifically, the top-loading variety. Of particular interest would be how to recreate the agitator gearing mechanism so that it moves back and forth separately from the bowl. Then there is the (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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