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Re: Technic Tank Treads/Coveyer belt!
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 23 Feb 2001 00:49:02 GMT
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In lugnet.dacta, Matt Agnew writes:
> I'm trying to get my hopper cars to dump into a bin, and then have the >conveyor
> re-load them into the train cars. Haven't found LEGO pieces that work well as
> cargo. Currently working with (unpopped) popcorn. [snip]
Facetted stringing beads behave nicely as bulk cargo on a partitioned belt
of conveyor links and scoop well with the front-end bucket and backhoe.
Find them in a craft shop among necklace stringing supplies. Sizes 5mm to
10mm work best A bead usually has 20 to 30 facets that prevent too much
rolling. They bounce when dropped but do not roll far away. Wide selection
of colors,vivid and dull, opaque and transparent. A transparent light blue
bead would contrast well against the black conveyor links and most Lego
colors in the cargo containers and the conveyor walls.
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 | | Re: Technic Tank Treads/Coveyer belt!
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| (...) (pitsco dacta store) Anyone made conveyor belts from these? I'm working on one for my train layout. I'm using 1x3 bricks every 10 links or so - they fit perfectly right over one link. You do have to be careful that there is a constant sidewall (...) (23 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.dacta)
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