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  1. Posted

    thanks I have seen those, however the point is even with the smart cat door, the door it self still requires a manual push by the cat once unlocked, this is something our cat simply won't do. Which is why our cat door is propped open during the day.  

    We do not have house mates, but with the remote control, I wasn't meaning it to be fully automated just yet.. what I want initially is, the Lego robot/camera to detect motion and notify me, and I will login via phone and remotely control the robot through the camera feed to check if it is indeed the intruder Cat, and if so chase it with robot and spray it with the water pistol.

     

  2. Posted · Edited by jabz10

    Hi, I am looking to get the Mindstorms Robotic Invention kit, to build a Robot with the following capabilities..

    -Able to be remotely controlled outside of home

    -Have a camera with motion detection

    -Able to fire a water pistol

    can someone advise if this is possible and has anything similar been created?  I understand I may need some third party parts.

    The reason for it is absurd but valid.  Our cat door is always open during the daytime as our now elderly cat cannot and will not learn to push it open, has been like this since she was a kitten.  Recently a neighbourhood cat is taking advantage of this open cat door and coming in to eat our cats food and disappears.  

    So I need a way to scare it off, if it is does enter our house, when we are at work etc, and as such decided maybe a robot with motion sending camera, and water pistol will be ideal.  I would remote in and control it, and fire the water at the intruder cat.

    cheers :D

     

     

  3. Posted

    Is there a way to get a parts list for building extra passenger carriages for the Hogwarts express?  In the past I used to use LDD import the offical set and remove all extras and export parts.

    I can't run LDD anymore on my Mac, I tried doing it with stud.io, but that imported with error stating failed to import about 20 parts, and they are aren't assembled so don't know what to remove.

     

  11. Posted · Edited by jabz10

    Hi recently I’ve noticed my Emerald Night motor/gear will bind if used in reverse at any moderate speed.

     

    I’m sure the wheels are put together correctly ie 3 and 12 o’clock positions,  I’ve readjusted a few time’s.

    The first (bottom) picture shows the wheel placement.

    The second (top) picture shows how it binds, the wheel piston gets stuck on an angle as shown.  Is there any way to fix this?  Doesn’t appear to be a problem going forwards.

     

     

     

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  13. Posted · Edited by jabz10

    Few observations:

    Works well, however I think it needs some more torque.  Going over reasonable obstacles with 2 wheels is easy enough, i.e. right side or left side.  However both front or rear wheels, it will struggle and then motor cut out kicks in.

    The most annoying thing is with the app, I keep inadvertently activating one touch mode since its just a swipe left.  If you aren’t watching your finger placement on the steering, it can happen easily.  Wish I could turn it off in settings.

    When you do use one touch mode, it takes a while to get the hang of it, however initially I was confused how it worked due to their description

    "Drag a path with your finger in the One-touch screen and watch your model follow it with razor-sharp precision"

    I thought you could draw a path and lift you finger off for it to follow the path, not quite, you drag your finger on the screen and it will follow the path as long as you don't run out of screen realestate or lift your finger off the screen.

    The second most annoying thing is with the app, once in one touch mode, its just as easy to inadvertently switch back to on screen controls mode with a right swipe.

  17. Posted · Edited by jabz10

    Well thats no good, putting the wheel hub onto the axel, I managed to pull the assembled part of the axel out a bit so one of the differential cogs dislodged. I put it back in ok, however once it was together,  I tested it..

    and the differential cog fell out again, then the rest followed.  Differential design Seems a bit flimsy..

    Pic of having to pull it apart again to get at the diff.

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  18. Posted · Edited by jabz10

    13 hours ago, I_Igor said:

    Can you please post some images of building front axle (of course if it is allowed before August)?

    Thanks

     

    Not sure what specific pages you want but I’ll post my progress

    https://imgur.com/gallery/6a3VGdP

    https://imgur.com/gallery/vftJzhg

     

    edit:  Here’s some more.

    https://imgur.com/gallery/KepaR9D

    ok back to building the thing :D

  20. Posted · Edited by jabz10

    Pretty disappointed I woke up early on the 13th 4.30AM for the Apple announcement, went to work, and then stayed up late till midnight waiting for the MF pre-order access which didn't eventuate, I gave up at 2AM, then I woke up early at 6AM incase they released them in the morning on the 14th, and nothing kept refreshing till 8.20AM gave up as I had to go to work.  Imagine my disappointment when I logged in at 8pm and found its all gone, temporarily out of stock!..

    I missed out, I find it annoying that they didn't explain anywhere the exact date/time the pre-order will go up here in NZ.  There's no Lego stores here, and the other toy stores don't get it in retail till 2018.  So my only option is Lego online shop.

  21. Posted

    1 hour ago, AussieSamurai said:

    Seeing the MF on the Lego site (Australian region) for $1,300, as much as I was warned about it before still so shocking to see.

    Though I know there will be other nations with even worse (relative to U.K. and US plus tax) pricing.

    ..... need a business trip to the UK

     

    It's $1500 on the NZ store thats utterly crazy!..

  24. Posted

    I already have lone ranger set 79111 which I will use the Locomotive and tender for a Christmas train.

    I have an idea to obtain the parts to use the old 10173 Holiday train's carriages and cabose without the locomotive and tender.

    Does anyone know where I can obtain a parts list for 10173 without the loco and tender for easy import into bricklink?

    Thanks