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I'd like to see a web page with ideas for modified parts like your blind- bushinged axle. I would love to see Lego come out with more geartrain parts, and if we could come up with a favorite set of modifications it might encourage them to make (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Two original Technic creations
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(...) Quite :-) Jennifer Clark (25 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Well, as long as no other material is added to the parts I suppose it's still pure LEGO. But IMHO it doesn't matter much if one customizes the parts or add other pieces of material, as long as you make something cool and it's based on LEGO. (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) That is very true, I had forgotten about that approach, and you are right, some of them do look great, for example, the Fiat on your web site really captures the correct look. In a similar but different way, the old Technic motorbike also (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) OK, I'll 'fess up. I had a technic beam which was covered on one side, and the requirement to put an axle through it to hold a wheel type thing on. Because one side was obscured, it was not possible to get a bush to hold the axle at the back, (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I think that one could make a brick-based body for an 8448-sized car -- there are many who have done so and put them on the web and some of them look great. But the vast number of parts needed makes such a vehicle more or less unplayable. (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Jennifer, In light of the recent thread on modifying parts in lugnet.build, I think you had better come clean and tell us which part you modified, why you modified it, and how you modified it. The first step in getting beyond the problem is (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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"Maico Arts" <maico@m-arts.demon.nl> wrote in message news:G1uC0n.1wD@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) It would be nice to have some kind of "compare-table" in Excel or something to see the differences between the four different types of Technic (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Thanks Tobbe - I had actually thought of that, and I was a cat's whisker away from doing so, despite the warnings from another lugnetter that the structure of the 8 tooth gear may be too weak to handle being "rebored", but fortunately I (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) The 4.5V one was pathetic. I tried to power the 8860 with it, without the benefit of the external gear reduction box specified in the instructions, and it required so much gearing down that it moved abysmally slowly. However, I discovered that (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I remember that too, and remember thinking it looked pretty dodgy. I tried to make a similar type of body for the 8860 at the time, which looked equally dodgy. To be honest, I think the only really viable bodywork for those cars is the type on (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) It occured to me that you can drill a hole in the 8 tooth gear in the same size as the one in the 16 tooth ditto. Not a "pure" LEGO solution but still a solution. Congrats on the Cool LEGO site of the week award, you deserved it! (URL) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Hello Ross Ross Crawford <rcrawford@csi.com> schreef in berichtnieuws G1tt5A.4y7@lugnet.com... (...) holes (...) I think you are looking at those old train motors. These have 4 holes for the metal pins. The technic motors 4.5 and 12 volts both just (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: My Lego planetary gear
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(...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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I was working on transmission ideas, and I came up with a cute planetary. It can produce several different types of output, and it is typically used in transmissions. My implementation is compact, and doesn't use too many parts. I'm not sure that it (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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You are correct to remember that Lego offered a suggestion to modify the 956. One photograph appeared on the front cover of the instruction books for all of the first series of Expert Builder sets and towards the back three additional photographs (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Tobbe, IIRC, the 12V motor was similar to the old 4.5V motor (around the same vintage), of which I have one, and which is similar in power to the 9V geared motors. The 4.5V one (and I think the 12V one also?) only has 4 holes for the really old (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Who is that guy in the duel bikes? Does anyone have a closeup? Does he have green eyes? I saw it in a tiny picture once. (25 years ago, 2-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Me too! I guess it's because I'm Scandinavian, and we have had a lot of Volvo 24x around here. And there was also the Technic idea book in which they had a modified 956. It had a "station wagen" body which reminded me pretty much of the Volvo. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | RE: Anyone know what parts are in the Klutz LEGO book?
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(...) Fun stuff, like a goal kicker, Candy dispenser (a kids favorite), super balancing acrobat, and the Kentucky Do-Nothing. Hard to explain, fun to watch! Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- Check out pbFORTH for LEGO Mindstorms at: (URL) Buy (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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what are some of the contraptions? josh (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Thanks for the replies. I think I'll stick to getting the RIS upgrade, extra motor and rotation sensor for the moment and wait a little longer for more Technic parts - I'm trying to find things my girlfriend can buy me for my birthday, she's already (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) The 956 always reminded me of a Volvo estate car from the Seventies, for some reason. Perhaps it was the foldy cushion bit in the back seat? :-) Jennifer Clark (25 years ago, 2-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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There are some bricks, plates, axles, gears, etc. As Ralph noted, not a great value for parts only. It is a great little book for the up and coming tinkerer. The only parts worth mentioning are the 40 tooth gears. -- -Rob. ===...=== New sets and (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Whether or not the 8860 is based on the Porsche 911 I have no idea, but it is certainly a similar layout. It is also not a million miles away from a Volkswagen Beetle, but then, if my memory serves me well, neither is a Porsche 911 :-) (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | RE: Anyone know what parts are in the Klutz LEGO book?
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(...) For just the parts, no. But if you have kids aged 7 to ... it's a great way for them to pay with LEGO and build some really fun contraptions. They have put lots of challenges in the book, and although the instructions are not official LEGO (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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I've just noticed that there is a book by Klutz Press called LEGO Crazy Action Contraptions, ISBN 1570541574, that contains 60 Technic pieces. Does anyone know what parts come with this book? Is it worth spending £13 on it just for the parts? Dan (25 years ago, 2-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Okay, so I've been browsing around the PowerPack site, and I want to buy them, but... How do I order them? I can't find a "buy" button! --Tobias (...) (25 years ago, 1-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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The 8448 looks like a 4th gen Camaro to me. Front engine, V8, convertible, mag wheels, with the secret white plastic seat option you can only get through Lego-Chevy dealerships. The Lego version has more cup holders than the Chevy, and costs about (...) (25 years ago, 1-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Thanks, that's a very useful resource! -- Paul Davidson Amnon Silverstein <amnon@best.com> wrote in message news:G1M6MD.BC7@lugnet.com... (...) diagonal (...) made (...) brace. (...) create (...) Half- (...) with (...) accomplished (...) (25 years ago, 1-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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hi all, i was just sitting here looking at my collection of supercars/ auto chassis and trying to figure out which ( if any) real life autos that they are patterned after. i have heard that the 8860 is based on the porsche 911. so i was wondering (...) (25 years ago, 1-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Hi all, I found several new sets at TRU (in Germany) today. I made some scans but haven't written anything about them yet. However, here you will find a few images: (URL) There are new combo packs available which cover the 6-digit-area. These were (...) (25 years ago, 30-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic) !
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I'm interested in hearing people's experience with the 8279 4 WD X-Track or the 5221 Motor Pack. (25 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Wow! How strong is it? Compared to the new-style geared 9V motor. Is it also geared down or what? Tell me :) TGIF! /Tobbe (25 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.technic)
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No, the only set with 12 Volt motor was this 880... Greetings -----+-----+-----+--...----+----- Maico Arts maico@m-arts.demon.nl msx-nbno@m-arts.demon.nl lego@m-arts.demon.nl maico.arts@princen-group.com -----+-----+-----+--...----+----- Joakim (...) (25 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.technic)
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I found a black old style technic motor in a local shop(servicepack) At the time, i thougt it was a plain 4.5 volt type, but later discovered that it was a 12 volt motor. Have this motor appeared in another set than 880? Any information, history (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Here is the table of diagonal beam fits you have all been waiting for! If you want to cross-brace a Technic beam structure with pegs and a diagonal brace, this tells you what will fit. It also tells you how you can connect things to get a specific (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-00, to lugnet.technic)
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I tried to make a derailer transmission a few years ago, but pushing the chain off of the gears just wasn't working. Since you brought it up, I had a new idea. I don't think this would work for anything much smaller than a 2:1 scale bicycle, but it (...) (25 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Whoa! they are bigger than I thought, thanks for taking the shots for me can't wait to see them Geordan (...) (25 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.starwars)
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well...i got the pictures taken, but i cant get brickshelf to work... i'll try again tomorrow... i can, however, give you some stats... the tires are 8.15 cm in diameter, 4.9 cm wide the hubs are 6.15 cm diameter, 4.5 wide and technic racing is (...) (25 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.starwars)
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