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Re: 2 speed gearbox for Silver Champion
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lugnet.technic
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Mon, 19 Nov 2001 12:34:35 GMT
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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...
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 varying
heights, the highpoint of which could be moved round with a cam, and I
realised that the way to do this would be with a concentric shaft mechanism,
but I didn't have the heart to modify bricks in those days :-) I think the
fear was that I would be unable to reconstruct the official lego models if I
started cutting up axles and whatnot.
Jennifer
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 | | Re: 2 speed gearbox for Silver Champion
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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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| | Re: 2 speed gearbox for Silver Champion
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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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