flyboy01 Posted January 19, 2016 Posted January 19, 2016 I see a NEW TECHNIC 8 TOOTH GEAR! BLASPHEMY! just joking. good idea. would love to try that. Quote
grum64 Posted January 20, 2016 Posted January 20, 2016 (edited) I see a NEW TECHNIC 8 TOOTH GEAR... Don't tell him that! He's likely to send a Kangaroo to jump all over your 'modern' Lego Edited January 20, 2016 by grum64 Quote
AOW Posted January 20, 2016 Posted January 20, 2016 The best thing about the 8865 set was the fact that it was very sophisticated back then when they made it - by the way, does any one knows who design it? Also another great thing of it was that it was very hard made - what I mean by that - due to the multiple use of Technic Bricks they made it very strong - as I said my 2 year old son sit on it and it survived! Try to do that with new sets ... they have a tendency to bend... One day I will buy it again that is for sure. Regards Quote
Grosse Kind Posted January 20, 2016 Author Posted January 20, 2016 I see a NEW TECHNIC 8 TOOTH GEAR! BLASPHEMY! just joking. good idea. would love to try that. Just what i had lying around (gears and pin axles) though not how i'd choose to mount them if i wasn't getting low on spare axles: This is in my first 8865 and i've since deleted the middle of picture 16 tooth from the train of gears that run between the steering column and the axle that takes drive to the pinion on the rack itself. I placed a 24 tooth on the same shaft as the contrarotational 16 which sped the gearing up three times running with an 8 on the rack shaft at both ends now. Gives about 7/16ths of a turn lock to lock. The idlers on the one that was stripped in the earlier photos are about the only addition of parts i bothered to make to it as although not originally designed, just make the playing with nicer, same as when i used axles not pins on 8880's rack idlers. One day I will buy it again that is for sure. Good thing to do. I bought 8865 last out of my "big four" collection (8860 first, 8880, 853, 8865 and then a second of it, and yet to take delivery of a second 8860 that a friend picked up interstate for me cheaply) and i really do like it a lot. Quote
Grosse Kind Posted January 20, 2016 Author Posted January 20, 2016 Don't tell him that! He's likely to send a Kangaroo to jump all over your 'modern' Lego Already dispatched ;) Quote
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