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| (...) Great work sir! You had me at the counter mechanism, but making it a train car, wow! Cheers DRS (16 years ago, 7-Aug-08, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) A differential might have other problems. I seem to recall that use of differentials was explored in geared locomotives (such as Shay, Climax, and Heisler), and was abandoned because the differential caused power loss in curves. (reference (...) (16 years ago, 7-Aug-08, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains)
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| On Saturday, August 2, 2008 the (URL) Greater Portland LEGO Railroaders> featured a small but well (URL) display> at the 8th annual Fun In The Park community festival in Wilsonville, Oregon... (URL) Members Frank Filz, Bob Kojima, Richard Lange, (...) (16 years ago, 6-Aug-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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| (...) Yep, I heard about that a couple of months ago ... I'm looking forward to it and plan on being there. It'll be great to participate in a show that also has lots of representation from clubs outside of New England! (16 years ago, 6-Aug-08, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) That's something I hadn't considered. Fortunately, unless it's run backwards for a long time, it probably won't be an issue. It takes a good while to take up the lash in all of the gears in the opposite direction; the overall gear reduction is (...) (16 years ago, 6-Aug-08, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| Shaun, OK, I'm not a train guy and or even a moderately skilled Technic guy, but it's easy to see that this is officially ridiculously awesome. I've become interested in incorporating Technic functionality into minifig scale MOCs, but I don't think (...) (16 years ago, 6-Aug-08, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) It would certainly help my slow mind ;o) Though I think I got it through your explainations. (...) Very elegant and parts savvy, but I am not sure it would provide a design as compact as yours. (...) Sorry to disturb you ;o) Philo (16 years ago, 6-Aug-08, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) --snip (as is my own tendency ;) )-- Wow. I imagine if I had a clue how to build technic there'd be a few more wows but you can tattoo me impressed as is. Tim (16 years ago, 6-Aug-08, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) Interesting. I thought this might be interesting to use in our displays...until I read that it binds up in reverse. When we lose a car for whatever reason (often some young kid's hand straying where it ought not to), we usually recouple by (...) (16 years ago, 5-Aug-08, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| A nice explanation and reading. A better MOC. Also intend to return later and read it more carefully. It is extensive, to get everything at first. ;) (16 years ago, 5-Aug-08, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| It's been a while since I've posted a new MOC here but it's never too late to pick up an old habit again. In a (URL) Dutch railway magazine> I saw an ad for <www.mkmodelbouwstudio.nl MK Modelbouwstudio's> with a picture of two hoppers. They seemed a (...) (16 years ago, 5-Aug-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| Shaun, Impressive work, both in construction and the write up! Welcome back to the fold of trains (at least for a little bit)...did you know that the next National Train show (that ILTCO has been particpating heavily since 2005) will be in Hartford (...) (16 years ago, 5-Aug-08, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) Your "LEGOdometer" is amazing! I especially liked hearing about the design process and the fact that the final product is purely mechanical. I'd never be able to design something like this... -Bryan (16 years ago, 5-Aug-08, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) Tom Atkinson pointed out that same thing ... it's something that never even struck me while I was working on it. The irony just makes it all the more ridiculous, in a fun way! (16 years ago, 5-Aug-08, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) Thanks! Both were fun ;) (...) I don't yet, though I can easily do that. The 4-spoked technic joiners, when turned, rotate the 16T gear at the opposite end of the dial. That gear then connects to two idler gears which drive a 40T gear; that (...) (16 years ago, 5-Aug-08, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Insane. Amazing. Shock. Awe. (and Spotlight.) (16 years ago, 5-Aug-08, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) <snip> Great idea! Tempting to build something similar for our next show... The only disappointing part of the story is that it took a number of days of computing power to come up with a solution that doesn't use computing power ;-) (16 years ago, 5-Aug-08, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) -- Major Snippage! -- (...) Awesome MOC! It was interesting reading about the process you went through in developing this vehicle. Thank you for sharing this fantastic work with everyone here. Cheers, J.P. Manalo (16 years ago, 5-Aug-08, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| Very impressive! I don't know what is the most amazing: the odometer itself or the extensive write-up ;o) Would you have more details (MLCad?) of the gearing/ratcheting between dials? And BTW, did you see this: (URL) (16 years ago, 5-Aug-08, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains)
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| My NMRA 2008 pictures are now public. (URL) Clark President/Co-Founder, BayLTC/BayLUG (URL) Chief, PCFD There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness". (16 years ago, 5-Aug-08, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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