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Re: Working LEGO Clock Tower
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lugnet.technic
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Tue, 1 Apr 2003 16:28:51 GMT
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Chris Phillips writes:
> Inspired by the works of Leo Dorst and Eric Harshbarger, I set out to build
> a working clock mechanism in a form factor that could be displayed on a
> train layout. The result of this two-week effort is my LEGO Clock Tower,
> which made its debut on NELUG's train layout at the Greenberg train show
> this past weekend. Except for a two-pound weight and a length of cotton
> twine, the entire clock mechanism is made out of unmodified, non-electric
> LEGO pieces.
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> I am working on a complete write-up about this project, but here are a few
> preliminary pictures:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=38950
Wow is that cool. So what kind of comments from the audience did it get?
This seems like a really neat thing to have at a show, that's for sure.
spotlighted.
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| (...) BUT... considering the day and considering how gullible I am, do you have any video of it actually WORKING that you can share? GRIN (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic)
| | | Re: Working LEGO Clock Tower
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| (...) When I built it, the tick-tock noise seemed deafening. But at the train show, with the crowd, the trains, and all the other motorized stuff we had, you couldn't hear it from outside the layout. We had a mind-numbing layout with three trains (...) (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic)
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