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Re: an 'improved' coupler design
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 5 Jan 2004 05:05:13 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Gerlach wrote:
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I found some small magnets at a store near my house. I looked at them and
thought “hmmm - those are almost the same size as LEGO magnets.” Turns out
they’re actually slightly smaller than the LEGO magnets - but they’re
several times stronger.
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Neat find. Thanks for sharing. I am thinking that judicious use of these would
allow very very long trains to be run.
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I might bring a bunch of them to Brickfest PDX,
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I hope you do!
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 | | an 'improved' coupler design
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| Ever since the GMLTC became one of the first clubs to build our trains 8-wide, we've run into problems trying to run long trains. Simply, the LEGO magnets aren't strong enough! Try to pull several 8-wide cars around a 180degree corner, and we'd (...) (20 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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