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Re: A way to build a universal joint?
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lugnet.technic
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Sun, 24 Jun 2001 15:47:16 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Thomas Avery writes:
> Building a u-joint probably can be done, although I've never really tried.
Okay, I've tried now. You've captured my interest and I wanted to see how I
could do it. Take a look at 3 ideas:
http://tanyatj.home.texas.net/tjscreations/quick_pics/ujoint.html
As I spectulated before, the home-made joints are bulky and it will be hard
to incorporate them into a nice, neat, compact model. Anyway, it was worth a
try.
I guess the problem is that Lego parts a just too big. The key element in
the u-joint is the center piece. To create it, you neet a set of axles that
are perpendicular and in the same plate. Given the variety of parts,
creating this set of axles results in a large piece and then the overall
home-made u-joint is relatively large.
Anyway, it was fun.
T. J.
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| Whoa! that's veery neat! Hmmm...mmm (ideas start churnning) Good one!!!! Also I checked out your site, That Crane is off the hook!!!!! I like it!!!! Right on Technic brother! Eric (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jun-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) 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)
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