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The Cave Driller is built with 94 parts. Built for a contest, which contains a amount of max. 100 parts. The Rock Raiders use this vehicle for mining in small caves. It carries a magnet container for storing energy crystals. 01_Cave_Driller by Mathijs Bongers, on Flickr 02_Cave_Driller by Mathijs Bongers, on Flickr Link to Flickr: I hope you like it
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LEGO Power Functions Electromagnet
shadow_elenter posted a topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
Hey builders! Recently I made a LEGO power functions laser (topic can be found here), and it got me thinking... what els can I build? That's how I came to the idea of making a LEGO electromagnet! Making it was actually a whole lot easier than making the LEGO laser. The LEGO laser required a 9 volt to 5 volt converter and reversed -polarity protection. The electromagnet was already made for 9 volt and it does not care about polarity. I just got the motor out and unhooked the 2 wires, then connected those 2 wires to the electromagnet and... it worked! I'm amazed by the strength of this small thing, under good conditions (unpainted, flat metal) it can lift up to 6 kilo's! I have no specific idea of how to use it in MOC but I'm sure I'll think of a good application for it. All suggestions are welcome by the way Tell me what you think ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BUILDING LOG weight: 78 gramscapacity: 6 kilo+ To make one yourself you need: PARTS: - a 9 volt electromagnet (ebay is a good source, I bought mine for 5.46$). - some glue (I used hot glue) - soldering tin & shrink tube TOOLS: - flathead screwdriver or prying tool - soldering iron -lighter (for shrink tube) First you need to open up the PF XL motor housing, this is quite hard. I found the best way is to squeeze it just a bit in a vice so the outer shell becomes oval and you can stick a small thin screwdriver in the gap to open it(mind the position in the vice!). This is what you will find on the inside: Disconnect the 2 wires attached to the motor, put the top half of the casing is a vice and dremel out the center rougly to the size of you electromagnet: Then make everything perfectly round with a small file untill the electromagnet fit's snug in the housing: After pressing it in the housing, get 2 lego beams and attach them to the 2 forward facing holes. this way you can make the magnet perfectly flush when mounted in a MOC: Then seal the electromagnet firmly in place using glue (I used hot glue). Next you solder the 2 wires coming from your electromagnet to the 2 wires that were attached to the motor (the inner 2 strands of the 4 strand LEGO wire, polarity does not matter). Make sure you use shrink tube to isolate both wires! Then glue the motor plate (holding the LEGO wire) in place and test the magnet! If it works close it up and you're done!! I hope you enjoined this build log, if you have any questions just let me know! -
How could I provide power and/or data coupling between train cars?
TK2241 posted a topic in LEGO Train Tech
Hello all, I'm trying to find a way to create a power/data coupling between train cars that can be connected/disconnected like the car coupling magnets. Has anyone done anything like this? Background: This is so that I can supply power and control to LED lights (and maybe other devices) in the cars being pulled behind the engine, which will provide the power and control unit (Arduino based MCU) I've tried using a micro USB magnetic connector, but they are too bulky and don't flex easily enough for this. I'd love to find out if anyone has engineered anything similar. Thanks in advance! Arlo -
New method for freeing keychains and backround magnets
pittpenguin123 posted a topic in Minifig Customisation Workshop
Posting for my relative since he dosnt have account. I dont own powertools so I got him to do it for me! Take a drill and clamp it to the metal (u have to remove the black plastic and magnet background on the magnet figs) like its a drill bit and starting drilling slowly as you pull then speed up it will slowly create friction and heat and free the minifig with minimum plastic melting and ugly scars. I used this method with the Boba Fett magnet and hoth Leia keychain and they are very very smooth with no defects. Only problem is I was trying multiple ways b4 figuring this one out tried using a heat gun for Boba and it melted his leg just a bit so he cant sit down. Ill post pics when I get my camera from the repair shop. -
Moc Lego Technic Magnets
Boxerlego posted a topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
One day I got the Idea to JB weld some powerful neodymium magnets to Lego. I wanted to see what I could possibly build with magnets using the Lego system as my structural design. I have manage to build two interesting contraptions at the moment. My goal is to build this along many other machines in Lego Techinc. What are your thoughts on a Lego Technic Magnet?
