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I received my first shipment of pneumatic parts in the mail the other day. One thing to say--Fell in love with LEGO all over again! |
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For the first time in a while, I actually read the directions that came with a LEGO set. I first made the pneumatic claw, then the lifting arm. I wanted to put the whole thing together so I made a multi-jointed arm with the claw at the end. Really neat stuff! |
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Inspiration for a control box came from Jennifer Clark, who has made some pretty wonderful and intricate Technic Pneumatic devices. I fed the hoses thru all those 1x1 blocks with the holes, colour coded to tell them all apart. What you can't see (for it's inside the box) is the mini-compressor and air tank. A pretty neat little setup! As soon as the other pneumatic starter set shows up, I'll make the control box a little better. |
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Some might look at the mass (mess) of tubeing and just give up. Well, I didn't want to go cutting any tubes up for my first time out. Give it some time and I'll clean it up. Just having fun with it right now. |
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| The tentative plan is to make a more durable pneumatic arm with grabber hand and attach it to a large technic turntable. Then I might connect the entire apparatus to the web cam setup. You will then be able to manipulate the arm via the world wide web! We shall see what transpires.
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The second night in a row working on the pneumatics. This time a little neater and a little smoother. |
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I added a manual pump, to help the electric compressor along. Sometimes the compressor just can't keep up! Here you can see the motor, small pump and the air tank. All these are inside my controller box. |
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| Rrrrooooarrrr!! (picture Jurassic Park or something... okay, lame but I thought it was neat) |
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