Carsten Svendsen

Wow that is so cool, I didn't think it would be that easy to replicate that kind of motion in LEGO. I was proven wrong

Interesting. I can understand that people that haven't got as many LEGO sets when they were kids are lacking in black parts where as I am overflowing in them. I pretty much never use LBG or DBG parts unless the model is specifically in that color (Like my motion simulator) or the part simply doesn't exist in black. I also agree that black can be hard to photograph, and also that it hides the "holes" in a MOC quite well. It's truly a balance thing, that takes a lot of trial and error to learn.

I have been wondering about this for a while. TLG seems to be going away from using black parts in their sets and using dark/light bluish gray instead or even red pieces in their chassis of models. I can understand this from a childs point of view as to ease the building process. However, I also see a lot of MOC's with barely any black parts in them and to some extent I understand why (highlighting details that would be hard to photograph) but when I see the bottom of a car or whatever made with no black pieces I just wonder why. To me, black pieces represent the real thing better as other colors (example, the chassis of the new 42070 6x6 All Terrain Tow Truck set is pretty much all red) which I feel gives off a better look. I honesly don't care for the looks of that particular set. But maybe I'm just having trouble finding a balance between black and dark bluish gray pieces. When to use what and why. What are your thoughts on this?

I agree. I find my self looking at models that are really nice and cool looking - rarely cars though - that I don't care about the internals anymore. When I am building however, I'm the complete opposite. I have never created a MOC where the bodywork was lifelike, but all the functionality has always been present. I don't know where to go with this, but I like functionality as much as the next guy, and first impressions are very important too.

Looks promising. I'll keep an eye on this

I wouldn't call this a roller coaster per se, but it's FRIGGIN AWESOME anyway. I like it

Doesn't have to be half width, but can max be 1 width. Also, it's gonna be a main support, which is why I wanted it to be 1 piece. I was just wondering if there was a piece like that, it doesn't have to be exactly that but still somewhat.

Hello guys, I was wondering if anyone would know of a technic piece similar to a Z shape. My paint skills aren't really amazing, but I hope you get the idea.

Looks like it would work if you just made the tube wider to cover the entire thing, also in real life, there's a lot of weight on the conveyor to keep it down.

Sorry for bumping, but does this mean that if I put a clutch gear on my buggy motor at 1000rpm at a 1:1 ratio (meaning directly) it wouldn't work as intended? To clarify, does the clutch gear need to be going at a slow speed in order to function correctly?

I will be saving this topic for when I want to play around with my Cybermaster sets again. Thanks a lot bro!

Wow is that an old school RCX unit I see there? Cool, I like it already!

Yes I know, but that's on a standstill and very sturdy construction. You still need to build some sort of crane for it, and that's what I'm referring to.

Interesting but I doubt you're gonna be able to build anything that's gonna support that 100 kg's effectively

Looks like he bought the set and took the most interesting parts from it. That would be the dark bluish grey tracks and bigger sprockets, small turntables, various panels and yeah. The most interesting bits. I'd say like 85% is there but you're not gonna be able to build the 42055 out of it.

Oh wow, that is actually working nicely, and it looks quite "authentic" as well (minus the gaps). I should have thought of that my self, but was getting too technical, and didn't think of existing pieces. Thanks @Jurss

I think I've seen this before some time ago. I like the idea, it just needs to be refined :)

Yes, that's what I meant. I like the design and it seems like it would be reliable if only it had more auger and less rod Interesting, with that solution I would have to glue the pieces on to keep them in place. It would be a pain to rearrange them every time they were bumped into.

I tried that as well, and it doesn't work because the there's not enough room between the spirals for materials.

Hello guys, I'm quite far into a project and the only thing I need to get started for real is to make functional augers like in the image shown below. The width will be 3 studs and the total length can vary from 5 to 6 studs I looked at Clausens Europa machine thing and I like his solution, but it's not effective as the spiraling auger is too slim/narrow. I also tried using flex hoses but the distance seems to be too short to make a proper spiral with. Should I just skip the auger entirely and make some sort of chamfer or narrowing down of the channel. I fear the bottleneck would become rather severe, but then again, I haven't tested it.

Unless you join all of the turntables together, with a large enough vehicle, you will find that it will sag in the middle where the rotating part is. You don't have to build anything massive just to test it, just build a frame that you think will work and then put some weight on either side, like 1 or 2 kg's to test out the rigidity and strenght of the join.

Give them a bit of grease on the inside. Not oil, but grease, that's gonna help it rotate much better

I reckon that there's too much friction between the bevel gears and the ring for the entire thing to turn properly. I think you should skip the idea of rotating the ring by the gears on it, and instead use the turntable to turn it with. Then you could make a simple 4-point connection from the ring to the turntable. However, don't use the gears of the turntable to spin the wheel, connect the EV3 motor directly to the attachment points on the turntable it self.

wouldn't it be better to use a dampener then?https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=32181c02&idColor=12#T=C&C=12

Wow, I did much better than I thought I would. Congrats to all the winners, and may the next contest be just as interesting!