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Re: Working LEGO Clock Tower
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Date: 
Wed, 2 Apr 2003 14:48:37 GMT
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Chris Phillips writes:
I took it apart a few times to show people how it works, but I was trying to
let it run continuously and undisturbed as much as possible during the show.

Chris,

For the next show, you could build a replica of the clock mechanism and have
it handy, so you can show it to people without having to mess with the tower.

I saw it running for a two hour stretch with only a two minutes delay or so,
it's really amazing that it actually fits such a small space. Impressive.

J.-



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  Re: Working LEGO Clock Tower
 
(...) That's a good idea. I made the roof lift off easily, but since the clock was in the middle of the layout nobody could look inside anyway. Maybe next time we can put it closer to the outer edge of the layout somehow. >>sound of gears grinding<< (...) (22 years ago, 2-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic)

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  Re: Working LEGO Clock Tower
 
(...) 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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