General Part Discussion

[pagicence]

Yeah, I saw that moded SA. The reason I'm asking is because I saw Didumos's post in his parts list in his [WIP] Greyhound topic and the price is listed at 20E for a big SA. And it blew my mind. They are insane! So why shouldn't we start making our own SAs. Homemade, DIY SAs.

Edited June 6, 2018 by pagicence
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[Void_S]

Guys, maybe I missed it but didn't find here, but some new parts of 42083 arrived at BrickLink:

• 35186 - Technic Driving Ring Extension with 8 Teeth Inside and Outside. That has less backslash rather the older one with 4 teeth.   
• 35188 -  Technic Changeover Rotary Catch.
• 35185 -  Technic, Gear 20 Tooth Double Bevel with Clutch on Both Sides. Finally!!!
• 35189 -  Technic, Steering Wheel Hub 3 Pin Holes Round. Holes instead of pins, that dramatically reduce the use scope, but compatible with new wheels (see below).
• 37383pb01 -  Wheel 62.3mm D. x 42mm Technic Racing Large with Silver Outline Pattern. Not very useful like the previous one, but works with Braked-hubs (see above).

Edited June 7, 2018 by Void_S
"4 theeth" for sure...

[1gor]

You mean less backslash then older with 4 teeth 

Nice find 

[Richard Dower]

I bought some of the new parts in new colours---

https://imgur.com/a/cnlSeJO

Edited June 6, 2018 by Richard Dower

[Jurss]

16 hours ago, Void_S said:

 Technic Changeover Rotary Catch.

Interesting, that in interviews they told, it took about half a year to got to this final shape.

[1gor]

7 hours ago, Richard Dower said:

I bought some of the new parts in new colours---

https://imgur.com/a/cnlSeJO

It is nice to have thin liftarms with axlehole at the end in red color 

[Bublehead]

3 hours ago, Jurss said:

 

20 hours ago, Void_S said:

 Technic Changeover Rotary Catch.

 

What surprised me was the actual size of the part.  It looked so much smaller in the instruction pictures but it is a big as a 20z clutch gear, which I found out when I opened Box 1.

Edited June 7, 2018 by Bublehead
Wrong gear size

[Void_S]

1 hour ago, Bublehead said:

What surprised me was the actual size of the part.  It looked so much smaller in the instruction pictures but it is a big as a 20z clutch gear, which I found out when I opened Box 1.

Yes, and it looks like 20T gear (notice the same inner "cross") but with an inclined rim instead of the teeth crown.

[pagicence]

For all you crane builders out there, I saw this solution for rotating mechanism today on rebrickable. It's a new MOC Crawlercrane Wide Tele by peteria. The solution uses round tiles in between two gear racks.

[Aventador2004]

3 minutes ago, pagicence said:

For all you crane builders out there, I saw this solution for rotating mechanism today on rebrickable. It's a new MOC Crawlercrane Wide Tele by peteria. The solution uses round tiles in between two gear racks.

I believe sariel used that a while ago.

[Erik Leppen]

Yes, it's a neat solution. The main problem with it is that it creates a ~0.2 stud gap between the two rings. This could be solved by mounting one of the rings out-of-system (0.2 stud higher or lower), for example by inserting 2 plates between the ring and its mounts.

Fortunately, 42082 will provide us with another solution. As I understood it, they used train wheels there.

[Richard Dower]

Check out the others parts I got, note the rare White colour on these parts. I have a bunch of Friction and non Friction pins in Black and White. 

https://imgur.com/a/LKvmBFf

 

Edited June 8, 2018 by Richard Dower
Typo

[ibessonov]

Just now, Richard Dower said:

Check out the others parts I got

This is so cool! "Before-color-coding" era must have been a lot of fun. I have just a few pieces from those times, mainly 3L axles in black.

[Richard Dower]

Just now, ibessonov said:

This is so cool! "Before-color-coding" era must have been a lot of fun. I have just a few pieces from those times, mainly 3L axles in black.

I have a bag of 3Land 5L axles in Black... I can't find any 7L, sadly... Only appear in one set. 

 

The parts in the top pic are all second hand, the bag on the top left has #43093 and #3749. I am getting in White #32062. 

[Erik Leppen]

1 hour ago, Richard Dower said:

Check out the others parts I got, note the rare White colour on these parts. I have a bunch of Friction and non Friction pins in Black and White. 

https://imgur.com/a/LKvmBFf

 

Interestingly, I noticed yesterday that 3L axles with stud (normally dark tan) are coming in white in Classic set 10712.

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=6587&colorID=1&in=A

[TechnicRCRacer]

Good luck getting white 3L pins 

Seriously, nice parts! I always wanted to find white frictionless pins at my local flea market

[Richard Dower]

40 minutes ago, Erik Leppen said:

Interestingly, I noticed yesterday that 3L axles with stud (normally dark tan) are coming in white in Classic set 10712.

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=6587&colorID=1&in=A

Good stuff... I also got a big lot, brand new, of White Bush and half Bush parts. 

 

Correct me if I am wrong, but I don't think half bushes exist in Black ?

[LvdH]

Just now, Richard Dower said:

Correct me if I am wrong, but I don't think half bushes exist in Black ?

I've got a couple. They were in a castle set or something...

[TechnicRCRacer]

1 minute ago, Richard Dower said:

Good stuff... I also got a big lot, brand new, of White Bush and half Bush parts. 

 

Correct me if I am wrong, but I don't think half bushes exist in Black ?

They do, but they are super expensive! I was lucky to find two in a bulk dump.

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=4265c&colorID=11&in=A

@LvdH Yeah, I think Viking Fortress against the Fanfir Dragon.

Edited June 8, 2018 by TechnicRCRacer

[Richard Dower]

1 minute ago, TechnicRCRacer said:

Good luck getting white 3L pins 

Seriously, nice parts! I always wanted to find white frictionless pins at my local flea market

Never even seen a White 3L pin... Never seen one for sale. It was in some Japanese promo robot

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemInv.asp?S=1237-1

[TechnicRCRacer]

Oooh, just noticed... Set 720005 Nexo Knights set has the hard shock absorber in red!

[Richard Dower]

6 minutes ago, TechnicRCRacer said:

Oooh, just noticed... Set 720005 Nexo Knights set has the hard shock absorber in red!

It also has 4 of the 15L beams in Dark Blue, so the price should drop further. 

[Johnny1360]

Funny, I am probably one of the few who are dissapointed to see NK discontinued. I always found them to be great parts pack for not so common elements both Technic and System.

[Richard Dower]

I just went through sorting my pins. They need to be cleaned, but I had to sort friction from non friction. 

I have 54 Black friction and 6 non friction. I have 11 White friction and none of the White frictionless pins. 

42056 uses a lot more then 54 pins, so I might have to choose wisely where i use them. 

I want the outer body frame to be all white, but since I lack the pins I will use black where needed. 

I had to use a magnifying glass to see the friction ridges on the pins.

 

I have 26 Black bushes... Should be enough. 

Edited June 10, 2018 by Richard Dower

[1gor]

On 6/8/2018 at 5:59 PM, TechnicRCRacer said:

Oooh, just noticed... Set 720005 Nexo Knights set has the hard shock absorber in red!

Nice find  

I have never thought to look for such things in Nexo Knights 72005 set