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Re: Steering of driven wheels
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Date: 
Mon, 12 Mar 2001 14:29:01 GMT
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Simon Bennett wrote:

> It
> occurred to me that it could be possible to make a leaf spring from some
> metal and then drill holes in it to enable it to be sandwiched between two
> bricks.  Is this sort of 'custom part manufacture' frowned upon and if not
> has anyone attempted anything similar?

IMHO life is too short to be worrying about such stuff - if it makes your model
cooler then I say go for it. While I've yet to build anything as complex as a
leaf spring, I have certainly done some less major modifications from time to
time. Lego themselves are not even "lego pure" - you often see a set with a new
bit in it :-)

It's all about creativity at the end of the day if you ask me.

Jennifer Clark
http://www.telepresence.strath.ac.uk/jen/lego/



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  Steering of driven wheels
 
Dear all, I hope someone can help me. I am attempting a MOC of a Series II Land-Rover with as much functionality as I can achieve and last night I realised that the only set with steerable driven wheels is the 8880. I have one and I could use the (...) (26 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)

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