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Re: 2 speed gearbox for Silver Champion
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lugnet.technic
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Fri, 16 Nov 2001 21:06:43 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Jennifer Clark writes:
> > I reckon a whole set of different 'gears with holes' should be made.
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> 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 due ;-)
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 remember spending hours wrapping layers of foil around an axle to get an
assembly that let me run power through a rotating shaft. Man, I had fun when I
was a kid!
> If I remember correctly TJ did this for
> the pulley wheels on the blocks of one of his cranes.
Hmmm, I'd rather use the idler wheels from town sets - I recently picked up a
bunch of 1259s for AU$1.95 each with this in mind...of course there's a bunch
of other useful spare parts in the 1259, too 8?)
ROSCO
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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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| | Re: 2 speed gearbox for Silver Champion
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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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