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Re: LEGO Shelf Railway - Take 2.
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 27 Sep 2000 16:01:38 GMT
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Just make sure to add in a powered door if you cut a hole in the wall - otherwise,
you'll get too much sound transmission between the rooms.
You can do it all Lego with a Mindstorm brick, or just be lazy and use a switch,
timed relay, and Lego motor. Make sure to put a switch on EACH side if you run the
train both ways.
Eric Kingsley wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Christopher Masi writes:
> > John Neal wrote: • <snip>
> > > Yes, it is trey cool, Eric! You did a very nice job. Makes me kinda wish
> > > my kids were just babies again.....not;-)
> >
> > That's funny, the picture make me wish I owned an old victorian house.
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> Well on the serious side having an old Victorian is pretty cool and in terms of
> the Shelf it made for some "interesting" angles (To the eye not to the saw
> blade ;-) The biggest benefit though is the High Ceiling which gave me a lot
> of room to work with above the highest protrusion (The Window molding).
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> While I would have still done the project and no doubt enjoyed it I think if
> this were done in a square room it might have lost something on the casual
> viewer. With all the angles and turns the train makes it makes for a much more
> eye pleasing exhibit.
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> Now I just have to convince my wife to put one of these in the adjoining room
> and connect them via a tunnel ;-). OK that will have to wait a little while,
> like until next summer.
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> <snip>
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> > > > > http://www.thekingsleys.net/nursery/zgr/
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> Eric Kingsley
>
> The New England LEGO Users Group
> http://www.nelug.org/
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