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Has anyone found the Lego weight elements usefull? They're sold at the Pitsco-Dacta site. Chris Mattson (23 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I have a few which came with the 8862 and 8868 models. They seem to be useful as counterweights on cranes. Usually what happens without the weights is that one side of the crane is much heavier than the other and therefore the turntable starts (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
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I wish I had more!! Then I wouldn't have to cheat & use 5c pieces / fishing sinkers for my counterweights!! Regards, ROSCO Chris Mattson <mattson@byu.edu> wrote in message news:G6nCH3.4vp@lugnet.com... (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
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Chris Mattson wrote in message ... (...) Definitely. I have over a dozen of these and use them for cranes. At one point, I ran out and had to use boat weights. [1] For Technic, boat weights are obviously a poor substitute for the 2x6 weights. [1] (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
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