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Weird Suspension Idea
Rishab N posted a topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
So today one of my new pens broke and while looking at it I just thought of an odd idea: What if I took the spring out of the pen and used it in Legos? Usually I'm a purist for these types of things albeit not a very strict one as the only things i hate are cutting and gluing, but I just had to try this. It proved to be easier said than done as the spring was very tightly placed inside the pen and it refused to budge. I eventually had to use a hammer to crack the pen and take the spring out. Once i got it out I threaded it onto an axle which proved to be a snug fit, but it worked. I made a basic suspension similar to the one in Dikkie Klijn's Mclaren. (Sorry for pic quality used my phone) This worked reasonably well. I also put it on a regular suspension piece Here it is compared to a normal hard suspension piece. It's a bit softer than that, but unfortunatley I don't have any softer springs to compare it to. I just thought it was an interesting idea. If any of you want to try it, here's the pen I used http://www.amazon.co...t/dp/B001GAOTSW Not really cheap so I wouldn't recommend purposely breaking any new pens for this. I'd love to see if there are other pen springs that could work too. Thanks for reading and back to being a sort of purist -
Newscout Grimmbeard found this custom made LEGO pirate costume! A very unique find. It was made by Erik Carlson. Source. It is quite different and out of the ordinary but I like it. [bloggedcp][/bloggedcp]
