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Re: New Parts
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lugnet.technic
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Wed, 3 Apr 2002 19:46:24 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, John Barnes writes:
> I'll add new items to it as ideas come to me. Any suggestions would be very
> welcome.
I've thought of another part: curved beams.
Take a beam (traditional or studless) and bend it about an axis
perpendicular to its length. For example, you could have two different radii
so that curved train track could be supported under both rails.
Actually, there are two axes perpendicular to the beams length. The other
axis would be parallel with the holes. Imagine a bent liftarm:
http://guide.lugnet.com/partsref/search.cgi?q=6629
that made a smooth curve instead of an angular bend.
Also, you could make curved rack gears so that they snapped onto the curved
beams. This would allow you to make extremely large diameter gears.
TJ
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| (...) <<snip>> (...) Could that be achieved with the 1 x 4 rack and some hinges? Of course it wont be perfectly round but perhaps the racks could be mounted with a center pivot point so that they connect with the gear never the less? Would probably (...) (23 years ago, 4-Apr-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| I'm sure I'm not the only one who sometimes wishes for certain parts that TLC don't make .... yet. So, in hopes that it might inspire some Lego design engineer somewhere to go ahead and just make a few, I've decided to maintain a list of such items (...) (23 years ago, 1-Apr-02, to lugnet.technic)
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