General Part Discussion

[jovel]

If I am correct the new 12z worm gear should fit with new 60z turntable this way:

 

Place on each INSIDE of the light grey parts of the turntable a beam. Between these put the new worm gear. SO, the worm gear is one stud higher then the tooth from the turntable.

Maybe someone who has them both can take a picture?

[letsbuild]

Does anyone have a picture of the 12z worm gear? I haven't heard of it before. what set does it come from?

[Ngoc Nguyen]

15 hours ago, jovel said:

If I am correct the new 12z worm gear should fit with new 60z turntable this way:

What way?

[jovel]

[zux]

18 hours ago, letsbuild said:

Does anyone have a picture of the 12z worm gear? I haven't heard of it before. what set does it come from?

Previous page, literally.

[letsbuild]

Just now, zux said:

Previous page, literally.

But it's only 1z! Why is it called 12z?

[zux]

Just now, letsbuild said:

But it's only 1z! Why is it called 12z?

Ah, I see the problem now  Someone got 12z bevel gear and new worm gear "combined" into 12z worm.

[letsbuild]

4 minutes ago, zux said:

Ah, I see the problem now  Someone got 12z bevel gear and new worm gear "combined" into 12z worm.

Yeah

[doug72]

Although the new worm is not yet available I have been experimenting with ways to use it with worm axle in vertical and horizontal positions for 12T / 20T / 36T double bevel gears and the 28Z & 60Z turntables.

See photos showing front and rear of these ideas.

The 12T was hardest as requires a close 1.5L spacing but achieved with minimum parts yet still have a firm structure.

Re 60Z turntable - the suggestion in a previous post may work but until get an actual new worm can't confirm - it may not engage fully with turntable teeth, my version lines the worm gear on the same plane as the turntable gear teeth.

NB position of newworm gear shown by 2 yellow 1/2 bushes.

For reference I have labelled each one - if larger close ups wanted I can provide them.

Comments / suggestions please.

IMG_4221 by Doug Ridgway, on Flickr

IMG_4222 by Doug Ridgway, on Flickr

Edited December 9, 2016 by Doug72

[Ngoc Nguyen]

I think we'll see limited use of meshing the new bevel worm gear with anything not 20z gear, because doing so requires offsetting the whole drive train by 0.5L.

[doug72]

45 minutes ago, nguyengiangoc said:

I think we'll see limited use of meshing the new bevel worm gear with anything not 20z gear, because doing so requires offsetting the whole drive train by 0.5L.

The 36T gear meshes without off-set at a 4L spacing of axles giving a nice 36:1 reduction.

Edited December 9, 2016 by Doug72

[Ngoc Nguyen]

Yea anything not 20z and 36z

[Richard Dower]

seems like another part recolour, a 19L flex axle in Bright Light Orange, or Flame Yellowish Orange as Brickset describes it:

http://brickset.com/sets/41232-1/Super-Hero-High-School

http://brickset.com/parts/design-32235

i find Lego colours and descriptions wierd, why cant they just make one shade of a colour?....just standard Yellow?

 

 

[Richard Dower]

2 minutes ago, LvdH said:

I agree. Yellow would have been very nice to get…

here is another part that might be useful:

 

http://brickset.com/sets/containing-part-6171888

 

http://brickset.com/parts/year-2017/page-1

Edited December 9, 2016 by Richard Dower

[SNIPE]

Does anybody know if the new worm gear allows for an axle to easily slide through it (like the 2L worm gear)

I need this for my compact outriggers.

[Milan]

7 hours ago, SNIPE said:

Does anybody know if the new worm gear allows for an axle to easily slide through it (like the 2L worm gear)

I need this for my compact outriggers.

 

On 12/5/2016 at 10:44 PM, Blakbird said:

It grips.  You can still slide it, of course, but it takes a bit of force.

 

[letsbuild]

 I was repeating someone else.

Edited December 10, 2016 by letsbuild
I was repeating someone else

[Richard Dower]

some more new parts discovered:

 

 

http://www.brothers-brick.com/2016/11/17/lego-architecture-21034-london-review/

[Richard Dower]

i thought Lego were doing the axle recolours in specific orders: Red = even numbers, Yellow = odd numbers.

but 42061 has a 9L axle in Red...so what gives?

 

EDIT: actually....Lego has used odd numbered axles in Red before, in 2005 there is a 7L axle in 8653:

http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=44294&colorID=5&in=A

 

there is also a 3L axle dating back to 2001: http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=4519&colorID=5&in=A

Edited December 11, 2016 by Richard Dower

[shadow_elenter]

On 9-12-2016 at 1:28 PM, Doug72 said:

Although the new worm is not yet available I have been experimenting with ways to use it with worm axle in vertical and horizontal positions for 12T / 20T / 36T double bevel gears and the 28Z & 60Z turntables.

See photos showing front and rear of these ideas.

The 12T was hardest as requires a close 1.5L spacing but achieved with minimum parts yet still have a firm structure.

Re 60Z turntable - the suggestion in a previous post may work but until get an actual new worm can't confirm - it may not engage fully with turntable teeth, my version lines the worm gear on the same plane as the turntable gear teeth.

NB position of newworm gear shown by 2 yellow 1/2 bushes.

For reference I have labelled each one - if larger close ups wanted I can provide them.

Comments / suggestions please.

IMG_4221 by Doug Ridgway, on Flickr

IMG_4222 by Doug Ridgway, on Flickr

Hello there!,

really interesting to se we came to (almost) identical designs on 6/10 designs! (great minds...). I also experimented with the possibility's I just posted and animated the one because I think this piece will be most useful in low-load, minimum-space applications 

Edited December 12, 2016 by shadow_elenter

[Gnac]

11 hours ago, Richard Dower said:

i thought Lego were doing the axle recolours in specific orders: Red = even numbers, Yellow = odd numbers.

but 42061 has a 9L axle in Red...so what gives?

It's a misprint. If you look at the element ID for that part (6130005), you'll see that it comes up as 10M.

However, I briefly spotted a yellow 4M axle a while ago with the ID 6130006, but I can't find a trace of it anywhere now.

[JJ2]

Does anyone know what size motor is in the PF XL motor?

As far as I can tell there are no markings on it or serial numbers. I think it would be cool to upgrade the motor to a higher torque-faster version.

[Richard Dower]

Today i bought off Ebay 35 of Part #43093 in Black, and 5 of them in White....not sure what i will do with them yet, rare part so i just grabbed them:

 

https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?id=16817#T=C

[Richard Dower]

IT EXISTS!!!

 

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Technic-Lego-part-no-6641-Technic-Transmission-Changeover-Catch-in-Black-/201748830905

[letsbuild]

WHOA! Does it say what set?