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Re: New angled beam
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lugnet.technic
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Sat, 2 Oct 1999 11:27:17 GMT
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Johannes Keukelaar <johannes@nada.kth.se> writes:
> True, that is the part I'm talking about. I don't have any of the
> connectable sets. There is another part in 8446 which I didn't see
> before, but which I suspect to be in the connectable sets. It's kinda
> like two friction pegs side by side, and an axle hole in the middle. So
> about 3 x 2, first column two horizontal halves of friction pegs, then a
> column with a little plate with an axle hole, then a column with the
> same friction peg halves. I'm guessing it's the piece that, well, makes
> the connectables connectable.
You're quite right about that part. I belive it has number 32139. (You
can see the number molded into it if you study it carefully.
> > http://carol.wins.uva.nl/~leo/lego/killough.html
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> Wow. Thanks for the tip. I'd seen that page before, but had forgotten
> all about it. Hmm, let's see. I don't think I have enough of the
> gearboxes, but I can probably work around that.
Perhaps you can do without the gear boxes if you use the new style
geared motors? Anyway, gear boxes come pretty cheap from the accessory
service LEGO runs. At least I can get them from Norway, so I assume the
same applies to you.
> What do you think the discs in the wheel are for? I mean the ones
> that you can see in the cross-section, that are attached to the axle
> going through the wheel? Just decoration?
Perhaps they're meant to make the whole construction a bit more rigid?
To avoid unwanted "sideways" motion in the wheels?
Fredrik
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Message has 1 Reply: | | Re: New angled beam
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| (...) Been there, seen that, built that. Or some such. But anyway, yeah, with the new style geared motors it works fine, although I still use a worm gear. However, it only seems to work if all three motors are on at the same time. Otherwise the (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) True, that is the part I'm talking about. I don't have any of the connectable sets. There is another part in 8446 which I didn't see before, but which I suspect to be in the connectable sets. It's kinda like two friction pegs side by side, and (...) (25 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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