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By locking the outer ring, in acts as a 2:1 or 1:2 gear (depending on which shaft you use as input and which as output. If you lock the planets, it turns into a 1:1. If you let everything loose, it is a neutral gear. If you lock the output shaftand (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Part of that info is at: (URL) to whoever originally posted the link. I forget whether it was here or on r.t.l) Ran (25 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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That is certainly compact. Do you have any ideas how it might be used in an actual model? I suppose locking either the top half or the bottom half, or both, would change the way the output shaft differs from the input shaft? Although what I would (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) one (...) lego (...) Right on!!! :) I like nothing better than sawing away at my Lego, and gluing them together for the greater purpose, I just make sure that the parts aren't vital for something else:) Did you try taking a piece of "handle" (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Joakim Olsson <jocke@arjay.nu> wrote in message news:G1utAG.8pv@lugnet.com... (...) something (...) There were also some really old 4.5V ones (early 70's?) that looked similar to the 9V train motor. These ones had internal gearing, and had a fair (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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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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(...) 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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