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Subject:	Re: info on pneumatics
Newsgroups:	lugnet.technic
Date:	Fri, 5 Nov 1999 03:21:24 GMT
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> I quite like the idea of a Lego pump powered with some sort of reciprocating > mechanism (maybe to the existing cylinder pump - 5107) and a motor. You could > use an air tank as an accumulator to take out the pressure pulses. Probably > been done many times before, but I'm pretty excited about this whole Lego > thing again. I'm 25 and got into Lego again via Mindstorms a couple of weeks > ago, so it's all pretty new to me, hence the naievety. Ramble over. ;-) > > Thanks > > Mike McFarlane Hello Mike; You missed an excellent discussion about compressors and a compressor test stand built out of LEGO just a little while ago. You could probably search Lugnet for the discussion. Some very useful web pages by others are: http://web.singnet.com.sg/~cssoh/actest.htm http://staticip.cx/~benw/lego/valve/index.html http://www.hempeldesigngroup.com/lego/compressor/index.html http://www.net-info.com/~dcarlson/comp2.htm http://tns.utk.edu/~trees/compressor/compressor.html Just for starters... <ICS>

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		Re: info on pneumatics
Jonathan (...) Sounds OK to me, what are you using to pump air directly into the pneumatic cylinders? Have you got some sort of electric pump (maybe a homegrown Lego one), a bicycle pump ...?? I quite like the idea of a Lego pump powered with some (...) (27 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.technic)

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