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July 25, 2011, 03:47:03 PM
#17
Im impressed with the K'Nex one that had to take some time to construct it. But I wonder how fragile it is, can you move it as one piece if you had to?
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July 25, 2011, 09:49:33 AM
#16

That K'Nex build is actually pretty elegant. Being an 'old fart' I have no idea where one obtains K'Nex though.
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July 24, 2011, 11:53:36 PM
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does anyone know whats the name of the metal or aluminum type of knex? i had metal millennium falcon when i was 8. so like 18 yrs ago. it had nuts,bolts washers. you would have used a ally key to tighten them. cant think of the name.

I believe you're thinking of an Erector Set. Went out of style with the chemistry sets... Sharp edges and chemicals? The children could be killed!

I am so incredibly grateful not to be a youngster today. They don't have a clue how to actually build anything. Nor do toystores have anything resembling a decent model section anymore.
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July 24, 2011, 10:42:57 PM
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does anyone know whats the name of the metal or aluminum type of knex? i had metal millennium falcon when i was 8. so like 18 yrs ago. it had nuts,bolts washers. you would have used a ally key to tighten them. cant think of the name.

I believe you're thinking of an Erector Set. Went out of style with the chemistry sets... Sharp edges and chemicals? The children could be killed!
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July 24, 2011, 10:25:09 PM
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does anyone know whats the name of the metal or aluminum type of knex? i had metal millennium falcon when i was 8. so like 18 yrs ago. it had nuts,bolts washers. you would have used a ally key to tighten them. cant think of the name.
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July 21, 2011, 10:21:13 PM
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One needs to keep Rupert Murdoch's wife in the room to protect it! 8^)
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July 21, 2011, 08:24:13 PM
#10
I know, it's not a miner, but the build is really beautiful and may give someone here some interesting ideas.

http://www.totalgeekdom.com/?p=572

that thing is totally creative and beautiful. although i do question the durability of it. one karate chop and it will shatter to pieces  Cheesy
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July 20, 2011, 09:41:34 PM
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Awesome!

I wonder if anyone's built a rig with K'Nex?


Look through the rigs thread.  I'm pretty sure someone in there has built a K'Nex rig to support his/her cards Smiley
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July 20, 2011, 09:33:59 PM
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Awesome!

I wonder if anyone's built a rig with K'Nex?


Look through the rigs thread.  I'm pretty sure someone in there has built a K'Nex rig to support his/her cards Smiley
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July 20, 2011, 06:03:22 PM
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Second that. I have a few old boxes lying around but nowhere near enough of the right pieces.. Also, I have heard there was actually a designer program which allowed you to do CAD style model and then gave you a part list to order... that may be quite useful too...

EDIT:
trying now:
http://ldd.lego.com/download/default.aspx
Let us know if you get something reasonable out of the Lego Designer. I looked at it and didn't know where to start :-/
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July 20, 2011, 04:10:11 PM
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Second that. I have a few old boxes lying around but nowhere near enough of the right pieces.. Also, I have heard there was actually a designer program which allowed you to do CAD style model and then gave you a part list to order... that may be quite useful too...

EDIT:
trying now:
http://ldd.lego.com/download/default.aspx
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July 20, 2011, 03:54:58 PM
#5
Speechless...

If only I had kept my legos
I'm not familiar with the cost/availability of Legos so I'm wondering how much a build like that would cost?
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July 20, 2011, 03:25:58 PM
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Speechless...

If only I had kept my legos
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July 19, 2011, 05:22:10 PM
#3
Awesome!

I wonder if anyone's built a rig with K'Nex?
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July 19, 2011, 05:01:25 PM
#2
A thing of beauty. Thanks for posting.
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July 19, 2011, 04:41:14 PM
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I know, it's not a miner, but the build is really beautiful and may give someone here some interesting ideas.

http://www.totalgeekdom.com/?p=572
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