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Re: Two original Technic creations
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Date: 
Thu, 14 Sep 2000 22:30:51 GMT
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Not sure if you've seen them already but there are the dark grey ones as
included in 8480 Space Shuttle and others, although they're 16-tooth gears,
and not 8-tooth gears.

Cheers ...

Geoffrey Hyde


Jennifer Clark <jen@vulture.dmem.strath.ac.uk> wrote in message
news:39C119D8.F9756C3D@vulture.dmem.strath.ac.uk...
Selçuk Göre wrote:

Jennifer, They are amazing. Jut reminds me the good old days of technic,
when most of the models were both functioning and beautifully looking.

I think that is where I get a lot of my inspiration from, mainly the • models
of around 1980 or so, although I definitely prefer the wider selection of
parts available nowadays. A lot of the "if only I had a part which..."
wishes I used to think of back in 1980 have been answered nowadays,
although there is always going to be some extra part one would like...

For the record, that part currently is a proper 8 tooth idler gear.

Jennifer Clark





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  Re: Two original Technic creations
 
(...) Yeah, I've used a few of the 16 tooth idlers in the crane model for the gearbox and a few other things. These parts really are a godsend! Unfortunately only an 8 tooth gear will do for my current application. I may have thought of a way round (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.technic)

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  Re: Two original Technic creations
 
(...) I think that is where I get a lot of my inspiration from, mainly the models of around 1980 or so, although I definitely prefer the wider selection of parts available nowadays. A lot of the "if only I had a part which..." wishes I used to think (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.technic)

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