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(...) just thought of one! And it may result in a neater solution! 8?/ More later. ROSCO (23 years ago, 16-Nov-01, to lugnet.technic)
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cool! been wondering if someone would try this. G Ross Crawford <rcrawford@csi.com> wrote in message news:GMvH2r.16I@lugnet.com... (...) I (...) later. (...) (23 years ago, 16-Nov-01, to lugnet.technic)
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"Ross Crawford" <rcrawford@csi.com> wrote in message news:GMvA07.8GB@lugnet.com... (...) gearbox esp. as I built the 8448 last week and was really impressed with the set. I guess I'll look into adding this gearbox (or a close version of it depending (...) (23 years ago, 16-Nov-01, to lugnet.technic)
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"RC" == Ross Crawford <rcrawford@csi.com> writes: RC> (URL) Enjoy! Very nice work indeed! The construction that you used for low gear is also very interesting: Having an old-style half-bushing mesh with the teeth on the dark grey gear. Took me a (...) (23 years ago, 16-Nov-01, to lugnet.technic)
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Wow ROSCO. Very nice indeed. Since getting the 8448 and realising that there is a single ended version of the sliding dog clutch part, and that the gearboxes can do more than four gears I've been tryign to get a better understanding of how (...) (23 years ago, 16-Nov-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I must admit I was very disappointed that TLC have never done anything with this feature which must have been in their minds when they designed the gear. I used it in my Orrery: (URL) reckon a whole set of different 'gears with holes' should (...) (23 years ago, 16-Nov-01, to lugnet.technic)
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> I reckon a whole set of different 'gears with holes' should be made. I think so, idlers are incredibly useful, I've obtained a lot of mileage from the 16 tooth one! I've recently bought me a drill so some experiments in this area are definitely (...) (23 years ago, 16-Nov-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I did that with one of the big yellow gears from the 70's when I was a kid. Dad said I was silly for ruining my expensive LEGO, but at least I got to build a differential, and a really neat "octopus" ride! I wish I'd taken pictures... I also (...) (23 years ago, 16-Nov-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) work. (...) Thanks and no probs! As I said, I think I can make an even neater version using a new-style diff, using the same idea, so stay tuned (or experiment yourself!) 8?) ROSCO (23 years ago, 16-Nov-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Yeah! I'm starting to run out of shelves! I was looking at replacing the silver panels with red ones from the 8448, turn it into a Ferrari, but you need 3 8448s (or hit brickbay) to do that! ROSCO (23 years ago, 16-Nov-01, to lugnet.technic)
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Being more of a Jordan fan than Ferrari I want to do a yellow Champion, but they never did the big panels in yellow... :-( Duq Ross Crawford <rcrawford@csi.com> wrote in message news:GMww89.11v@lugnet.com... (...) no (...) the (...) it's (...) (...) (23 years ago, 17-Nov-01, to lugnet.technic)
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> I did that with one of the big yellow gears from the 70's when I was a kid. Dad (...) build a (...) pictures... Ha, snap! I wanted to build a very similar type of fairground ride when I was young too - on the real thing the cars would go round at (...) (23 years ago, 19-Nov-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Apparently, they've done them in silver... Has anybody tried building a DeLorean yet? I know someone POV-ray'd a regular brick one, but what about a working technic one? Those clear latching shocks could be used for the gull-wing doors, like (...) (23 years ago, 19-Nov-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) (URL) only motorized part is the fiberoptics, but the wheels do convert, and the doors open. Motorizing wheels that fold and steer is quite a challenge if you want any strength in the construction while still fitting in a reasonably sized (...) (23 years ago, 19-Nov-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Well I cheated a bit - it only had 2 arms! But the idea was there! And it was really stable - the ring round the edge of the yellow gear slid on bricks, stopping the whole thing from tilting as the cam rotated. And I had to use string to (...) (23 years ago, 19-Nov-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Well, I couldn't make it as neat as I'd like, but here's my version using the new-style diff (URL) details here (URL) (23 years ago, 9-Jan-02, to lugnet.technic)
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