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Re: End-of-Line Ddevice, switch point MOCs
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 6 Mar 2003 15:46:35 GMT
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I agree but Chuck did mention that is was made in the style of many machines
drawn up by Rube Goldberg. I have some draw of attention to his works. Its
very amuzing to see a machine that takes the longest, most chaotic and
complicated path just to do something simple like sharpen a pencil!
More info about Rube Goldberg:
http://www.rubegoldberg.com/
-Rob
In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.trains, Chuck Kabesh writes:
> > I've updated my site with an end-of-line device, an automated switch point, >and
> > Rube Goldberg-esque speed and direction controller. I've included instructions
> > and .dat files.
>
> If you have an RCX 1.0, it's quite a bit simpler just to power the track
> directly from the RCX output itself, as long as you don't have too many
> motors, rather than having the RCX control a device that controls the speed reg.
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> However that speed reg device certainly LOOKS cooler.
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| (...) If you have an RCX 1.0, it's quite a bit simpler just to power the track directly from the RCX output itself, as long as you don't have too many motors, rather than having the RCX control a device that controls the speed reg. However that (...) (21 years ago, 6-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains)
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