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Re: Questions regarding 4533(Snow Remover)
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Sat, 14 Aug 1999 23:59:55 GMT
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One thing I sure want to put into this puppy is something from Will
Chapman's page... Anyone else build one of these????
http://www.halcyon.com/willc/lego/robotics/powr_ind.htm
if so, how did you make the contacts to the battery? just straighten out
the end of the spring a little so it touch's the battery terminals?
I'm working on gearing the rotor right now... and instead of using the
wheels on the rails I want to power the thing on it's own.. will take
care of some of the drag on the engine from pushing it around...
It's just a matter of how fast that's going to make the rotor spin...
There's really not much room to put a lot of gears in there to gear it
down some.. And I don't want the thing moving backwards if I put it on
the track alone.. though the blades aren't turned enough to give any
kind of "breeze" either so that should really be no problem. To bad they
didn't.. we could make air powered vehicles!
Tamy
John Neal wrote:
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> I also have built one using the windmill blade attached to a motor. You
> can kind of see it in a few of Steve's pics from the show (next to the
> roundhouse): http://www.visi.com/~demlow/lego/nmra99/
> I modeled it after a Rotary plow from a USA trains G scale catalog:-)
>
> -John
> Mookie wrote:
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> > Oh man.. that bites! I just traded for one of those blades to rebuild
> > the snow remover... and now I find someone else already did it :( here I
> > thought I was gonna be the first! hehehehe Oh well... I'll still work on
> > mine!
> >
> > Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> > >
> > > See Will Chapman's model, you can find it from the PNLTC.org site.
> > >
> > > Scott Edward Sanburn wrote:
> > > <that snowblower sucks>
> > >
> > > AGREED. Needs a rebuild in the worst way.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Larry Pieniazek larryp@novera.com http://my.voyager.net/lar
> > > - - - Web Application Integration! http://www.novera.com
> > > fund Lugnet(tm): http://www.ebates.com/ Member ref: lar, 1/2 $$ to
> > > lugnet.
> > >
> > > NOTE: I have left CTP, effective 18 June 99, and my CTP email
> > > will not work after then. Please switch to my Novera ID.
> >
> > --
> > Keep on Bricken'
> > -Tamy
> >
> > Follow the bouncing boxes!
> > http://home.att.net/~mookie1/jambalaya.html
> >
> > http://home.att.net/~mookie1/
> > http://mookie.iwarp.com/ (mirror site)
> > Lego isn't a toy, it's a way of life!
--
Keep on Bricken'
-Tamy
Follow the bouncing boxes!
http://home.att.net/~mookie1/jambalaya.html
http://home.att.net/~mookie1/
http://mookie.iwarp.com/ (mirror site)
Lego isn't a toy, it's a way of life!
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| My design is more straight forward and not as cool as Will's. I put a 5114 9 volt motor just behind the blade and simply ran an axle out of it. I get my power from a 5115 9 volt battery box (which has the two red switches for forward and reverse, (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| I also have built one using the windmill blade attached to a motor. You can kind of see it in a few of Steve's pics from the show (next to the roundhouse): (URL) modeled it after a Rotary plow from a USA trains G scale catalog:-) (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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