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Re: Yet Another Technic Creation
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lugnet.technic
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Thu, 3 May 2001 19:18:26 GMT
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"Jennifer Clark" <jen@vulture.dmem.strath.ac.uk> wrote in message
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> I do indeed have multiple versions of various parts of the model, and the
> number of attempts needed varies considerably. I probably need about 3 to • 8
> steps for relatively simple parts, but this will increase if, for example,
> there are other mechanisms competing for space in the same area, such as • the
> boom lock and rear bogie gears on the truck. In the latter case the • complexity
> seems to increase exponentially.
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> Sometimes I have major and minor versions, as it were; there will be an • idea,
> then I try out all the sub-possibilities of that idea, then try a • radically new
> direction, and so on. The boom lifting mechanism was like this in that it • took
> about four major versions to get it strong enough to lift the skip; • previous
> versions eventually worked after quite a bit of tinkering but were too • weak.
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> I am probably quite a slow builder in this regard, but usually I get there • in
> the end ;-)
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> Jennifer
Sounds familiar. I think I've built 10 chassis' for my crane before I was
satisfied. I lost count with the number of boom lifting mechanism I
tried....
Duq
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