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Beef about LEGO motors (rant)
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lugnet.technic
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Sat, 26 Oct 2002 18:48:21 GMT
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I've often wondered why it was that LEGO decided, when making their
technic motors, to have them with such a ridiculously short axle that
you almost ALWAYS will need to use an axle joiner to extend it. What
would have made more sense (at least to me) is to not have an axle in
them at all... instead, have something a lot like an axle bushing in
them that you can plug in whatever axle length happens to best suit your
design. If a short one will work, then you plunk in a short one, if you
need a long one, then you use a longer one. Actually the biggest
problem I have with using axle joiners on the motor's axle is that it
seems like 9 times out of ten the place along the axle where I would
have wanted to place some sort of gear mechanism is along the place
_where_ the axle joiner happens to cover -- so I have to rethink my
design, usually resulting in a model that is probably not as compact.
Okay... I realize that this topic may be a bit pedantic, but I'm just
wondering... is it just me? Or does this annoy other people as well?
>> Mark
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Message has 6 Replies:
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| Actually that's a pretty good idea, not bad at all. Just think before those axle joiners came out, I used to use a couple of z24s linked together using the axle slotsto extend the output. Legomaster www.mylegomaster.com (22 years ago, 26-Oct-02, to lugnet.technic)
| | | Re: Beef about LEGO motors (rant)
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| You mean like the gear reduction unit in 872? See (URL) for details. You basically have a 4L axle bushing running across the block at the bottom, and a 2L in the middle. Very useful thing to have... Duq "Mark Tarrabain" <markt@lynx.SPAMBLOCK.net> (...) (22 years ago, 26-Oct-02, to lugnet.technic)
| | | Re: Beef about LEGO motors (rant)
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| No, it's not just you... I've found myself many times in the same predicament, and just like you, end up doing something less compact to get around the problem. I haven't peeked inside one of the motors, but I suspect there's probably not a lot of (...) (22 years ago, 26-Oct-02, to lugnet.technic)
| | | Re: Beef about LEGO motors (rant)
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| (...) You know, I found myself having *exactly* the same problem a month ago when I was trying to decide where to put the motors in a custom model. There were some very good spots where the motors would have fit in quite snugly but the geartrain was (...) (22 years ago, 27-Oct-02, to lugnet.technic)
| | | Re: Beef about LEGO motors (rant)
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| <<snip>> [please notice glimps in the eye before flaming me] Sorry, but Bah! 1) We all have the same limitations to work with here - it's part of the challenge. 2) We all have the same limitations to work with here - it's part of the challenge. :) (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-02, to lugnet.technic)
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