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| Tony, This is pretty ingenious! I really like how the train moving the lever makes the button on the battery box get pressed. :-) A neat mechanical solution. -Andy Lynch In lugnet.trains, Tony Hafner writes: <snip> (...) (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.technic, lugnet.znap, lugnet.build)
| | | | Perpetual Duplo Motion
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| Heh- sorry about the wide distribution, but this fits into a lot of categories. I have a new creation up on my site, a device for defeating the timer on the Duplo battery trains. This uses Duplo Trains, Technic, and a critical Znap part. I call it (...) (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.technic, lugnet.znap, lugnet.build) !
| | | | Re: The Giant Wheelbot
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| (...) Tobbe, The current version I have has 2 motors but it is not strong enough to twist the structure left or right. I do like the gear system you have on yours and maybe it is a question of insufficient torque to twist it around so I may have to (...) (24 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.znap, lugnet.fun)
| | | | Re: The Giant Wheelbot
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| (...) Yep, I made this in May '00 I reccon and as the page declares, it didn't work to good :) (...) LOL! (...) I haven't really though of it much since the version on the web. My hopes was that the wheel could be divided in two halfs and to have (...) (24 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.znap, lugnet.fun)
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| (...) Tobbe, That is amazing ! I had no idea someone else was working on a wheelbot/ wheeliebot. And it looks like we both started out on the same path. I have a similar lattice structure to yours using just Technic parts but as mentioned it was (...) (24 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.znap, lugnet.fun)
| | | | Re: The Giant Wheelbot
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| (...) (URL) least you got yours working :) /Tobbe (24 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.znap, lugnet.fun)
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| (...) KK, Great work! I can't wait to see it turn one day... Great idea :) I think I'll try one with my Znaps? Robin W GFLUG (24 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.znap, lugnet.fun)
| | | | Re: The Giant Wheelbot
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| Hey, a fresh idea! Very cool job! -- Bob Fay rfay@we.mediaone.net The Shop (URL) Quah" <kquah1@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message news:G3vqGA.4Ap@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.znap, lugnet.fun)
| | | | The Giant Wheelbot
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| After some initial stops and starts, I finally finished my Giant Wheelbot MOC made from Znap, Technic and the RCX. I was inspired to create this after I had finished a ferris wheel for my son but could not quite get the wheel structure right with (...) (24 years ago, 11-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.znap, lugnet.fun) !!
| | | | ZNAP sets
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| For general information, it seems that Toys R Us in the Metro NY area (and elsewhere I suspect, by recent Ebay listings) has had a large number of Znap sets on clearance. The motorized sets are running $9.97 with others for $4.50 and $.97. There's a (...) (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.znap)
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