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Re: A way to build a universal joint?
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lugnet.technic
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Tue, 26 Jun 2001 03:53:01 GMT
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Whoa! that's veery neat! Hmmmmmmmmmm (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
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=Legomaster
In lugnet.technic, Thomas Avery writes:
> In lugnet.technic, Thomas Avery writes:
> > Building a u-joint probably can be done, although I've never really tried.
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> 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:
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> http://tanyatj.home.texas.net/tjscreations/quick_pics/ujoint.html
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Anyway, it was fun.
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> T. J.
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