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Subject: 
A way to build a universal joint?
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Date: 
Sun, 24 Jun 2001 01:40:28 GMT
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Since I have no universal joints at my disposal, and there are currently no
reasonably priced sets that I know of that use them, I would like to know if
anybody has come up with a way to build one. I have never seen one first
hand, but I do know what they do and have been trying to come up with an
assembly that mimics one, but no luck yet. Can anybody offer some help?
Thanks much.

greg
http://www.geocities.com/citrusx__/q.html



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  Re: A way to build a universal joint?
 
While this isnt a solution for building ujoints, can you shop at pitscodacta? if so , in the spare parts they list 25 ujoints for 10 bucks... (URL) Hopefully this link will work but if it doesn't this is the link to the Pitsco dacta page and look in (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jun-01, to lugnet.technic)
  Re: A way to build a universal joint?
 
(...) Greg, Building a u-joint probably can be done, although I've never really tried. The problem will be that whatever assembly is built will be large and bulky (as compared to the original Lego-made u-joint). The home-built one will be hard to (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jun-01, to lugnet.technic)
  Re: A way to build a universal joint?
 
(...) but they're more common I think. I got mine in a Droid Developer Kit and a Znap kit. George (23 years ago, 25-Jun-01, to lugnet.technic)
  Re: A way to build a universal joint?
 
Hey Greg, one year while I was a Resident Artist at the Local Science Center, Lego had a big display and one of the exhibits was a U-joint made from Technic beams ,Bricks and pins. The whole asymbly was about the size of a Half Hero Sandwich. So (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jun-01, to lugnet.technic)

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