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[Lipko]

How did you make those drawings of the differential?

Somehow things look off, or it's just my eyes?

Anyway, I like the design, it is obviously stronger than the previous ones (2 small gears).

[GuiliuG]

Can someone explain why it would be great? Obiviously it is stronger but what else?

I'd rather have a 3x3x3 diff gearbox, possibly with metal gears. Most of the time the large size and needed bracing makes

the current diff hard to use and yours seems even bigger.

It's great because it's stronger, can be driven by a spur gear and has a 1:3 reduction.

[allanp]

Thanks GuiliuG .

How did you make those drawings of the differential?

Somehow things look off, or it's just my eyes?

Anyway, I like the design, it is obviously stronger than the previous ones (2 small gears).

I would say at least 3 times stronger. The smaller gears themselves are stronger due to the larger middle bit, there are two of them and they are acting on a 20t gear instead of another twelve tooth. Yes, the drawings are off, it's just a sketch I did in MS paint by stitching parts together printscreened from MLcad.

i want this diff, but it is possible to produce it with acceptable costs?

Well, it would require 5 new parts, two of them bonded together to make the main part, like the very first diff was. So more expensive than the current one, dunno if it would be prohibitively expensive tho, all the other parts could be useful in other places.

[Lipko]

The drawings are pretty cool anyway!

I use MS paint every day for electric and pneumatic circuit design....

The best tool for... anything.

[Someonenamedjon]

The drawings are pretty cool anyway!

I use MS paint every day for electric and pneumatic circuit design....

The best tool for... anything.

maybe try GIMP? ( http://www.gimp.org/ )

[Doc_Brown]

You probably already know mine, but for the sake of completeness, here's some of my renders.

And some of Barmans awesome ideas:

WOW, I just love all your ideas! and Barmans. 3D printer time!

Edited April 15, 2013 by Blakbird
Removed quoted images.

[SNIPE]

I also like to use Microsoft paint for just about any drawing task, the one in windows 7 isn't quite as good as older versions but has some good new features that are helpful

I'm busy listing all of the possible connections that are either different from any other connection, or is what it is but can be used for more connections too (for example using two half bushes as a 1L bush)

Also beside each connection ill put if it exists in a parapet but the part has other connections or is a certain shape of something (for example, a wing)

This is to keep track of parts if i need a solution to a problem, to have a 'by connection' view of all technic parts/parts that have technic features such as znap or bionicle and even lego systen.

And maybe it will help make sense out of all the ideas for new parts so that more otherwise ground is covered.

Edited April 14, 2013 by SNIPE

[Boxerlego]

A shorter V8 engine block by moving cylinder closer. All you would need to make is a single 4 cylinder block and two of them would make a V8. Just look at the distance that is between the real engine cylinders and compare that to the LEGO Engine.

Edited April 14, 2013 by Boxerlego

[legomuppet9]

I would like parts to make better and smaller gearboxes which are easy to motorise...

Edited April 14, 2013 by legomuppet9

[Someonenamedjon]

A shorter V8 engine block by moving cylinder closer. All you would need to make is a single 4 cylinder block and two of them would make a V8. Just look at the distance that is between the real engine cylinders and compare that to the LEGO Engine.

i like it, but maybe in 5 cylinder too?

[nicjasno]

New wheels hubs that have axleholes instead of pinholes and have no slack in the bearing. That would be nice. :)

[rchan016]

What I would really like, but is probably an awful idea, is a 1-length bushing for pins.

[Balrog]

What I would really like, but is probably an awful idea, is a 1-length bushing for pins.

You mean like a 1L liftarm?

[SNIPE]

What I would really like, but is probably an awful idea, is a 1-length bushing for pins.

You can use the technic handle (part 424 for that, or if you need a little bit less or a 0.5 pinhole bush use either one or two 'rings' (part 11010)

Edited April 15, 2013 by SNIPE

[captainmib]

My simple idea is this:

A gear that comes with an axle-hole at 45 degrees angle, so two axles can be lined-up straight. like this: + +

It would be nice for different situations, and one of them is airplane usage, where the joystick needs to line up with the flaps on the wing

[Zerobricks]

You can do that with older 14 tooth gears.

[z3_2drive]

a new line of radio control receivers to replace older ones-with more efficient/smaller electronics, because IR-not so good-it's caused me to spend lots of time rebuilding the whole front end of a car due to signal loss on multiple occasions even inside the house...

[SNIPE]

I have a REALLY important set of parts that I wish lego made instead of the beams, bricks, plates,tiles and liftarms we have currently

Bricks, Beams & Standard liftarms are 7.8mm wide and long, and can be bought in several widths.

Plates, Tiles & Half Size liftarms are 3.9mm long and two studs places back to back can fit into any of those parts since the height of a stud is 1.7mm (2x1.7mm ≤ 3.9mm)

-Axle holes are recessed for the small ring under the stud of some axles

-Tiles or any plates don't have grooves, the sides are flush until they meet the edges.

-All studs are 'carved' out meaning basically, that some clutches allow bricks to be placed half a stud along (0.5L or 3.9mm)

Since these technic beams are 7.8mm you might be thinking how do you get the clutch? , just as normal but a tiny part of each pinhole is cut out so the stud can go all the way it however pins and axles can still rotate fine in any pinhole if there is studs inside of the clutch. (I have tested this)

This will make building much much easier but I doubt it will ever happen.

Edited April 18, 2013 by SNIPE

[Cwetqo]

Anyone seen that (from lego designer blog):

The new elements and improved functions include:

- Cross-axle with 8 tooth gearwheel without friction

- Large linear actuators

[DLuders]

@ Cwetqo: You must me this Technic.Lego.com Designers 4/29/2013 Blog entry concerning the upcoming (2H2013) 42009 Mobile Crane MK II set.

[andythenorth]

PF micro-motor, straightforward.

[AKM_76]

BTW, is not this is a new curved panels on a 42009 Mobile Crane MK II set, picture above?

[Lipko]

If large linear actuator means larger than the current, then I'll wait for it and push my big project further in time.

[N-4K0]

" Cross-axle with 8 tooth gearwheel without friction ", what exactly would that be?

[Alasdair Ryan]

" Cross-axle with 8 tooth gearwheel without friction ", what exactly would that be?

It is just the same a a standard eight tooth gear, but when you put a axle through it the axle can slide backward and forwards.