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Re: Another dream -impossible creations ;-)
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lugnet.build, lugnet.technic
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Sat, 2 Sep 2000 20:25:21 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Tobias Möller writes:
> Okay, it's time for another dream.
Do we need a lugnet.general.dreams section? :)
(snip)
> This time, though, I don't remember any technical solutions, (no dreamed
> up miracle designs this time :-D) except that the flex-system cables
> were used heavily. The were attached to a big Y-shaped "wheel" inside
> the model, which rotated around, thus pulling/pushing the cables to move
> the arm.
Sounds like a sort of cam. The problem with cams like that where the outputs
are fixed to the cam is if you have more than one output, they bash into each
other before you have turned the thing round more than halfway. The only
solution is to have separate cams on a camshaft or use a completely different
system.
I can see the idea working. The operation might be a little limited though.
Mike
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| Okay, it's time for another dream. This is what it was about: I logged on to Lugnet Cool LEGO site of the week, to see which site had been picked. A technic site, two guys had built a big black crane thing out of lego. All of a sudden, I wasn't (...) (24 years ago, 2-Sep-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.technic)
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