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- From: fredm@media.mit.edu (Fred G Martin)
- Newsgroups: comp.robotics
- Subject: Re: Where to get LEGO gears?
- Keywords: lego mit robot
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.192026.18037@news.media.mit.edu>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 19:20:26 GMT
- References: <1992Dec29.182537.11244@cbnews.cb.att.com>
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- In article <1992Dec29.182537.11244@cbnews.cb.att.com>
- wrb@cbnews.cb.att.com (wallace.r.blackburn) writes:
-
- >Can anyone tell me a good way to get a collection of the LEGO Technics
- >gears. I would like a number of the 8- and 24-tooth gears.
-
- >The sets available in local stores have few gears and I called LEGO Dacta.
- >The person I talked to told me they have a set of 7 gears, 1-40T, 1-24T,
- >1-16T, 1-8T, and three oddballs (bevel, etc.) for $16! Seems a bit pricey
- >and makes a reasonable geartrain impractical.
-
- There must have been a misunderstanding between you and the LEGO
- representative. The package you mention (LEGO Dacta #9853) retailing
- for $16.00 consists of the following:
-
- * eight (8) 40-tooth gears
- * fourteen (14) 24-tooth gears
- * eight (8) 24-tooth "crown" gears
- * thirty (30) bevel gears
- * ten (10) 16-tooth gears
- * fifty (50) 8-tooth gears
- * two (2) differential joint housing
-
- This is quite a nice assortment! Certainly enough for a few
- geartrains.
-
- >Are there kits available specifically for the 6.270 course? Thanks for any
- >info.
-
- No. We order the 6.270 parts kits partially from the USA LEGO Dacta
- catalog, and partially from a special affiliation with the LEGO
- Denmark headquarters.
-
- For everyone's info: the USA number for LEGO Dacta (the educational
- division of LEGO that sells LEGO Technic direct) is (800) 527-8339.
- I'm sorry but I don't have a normal phone number for international
- access, but their mailing address is: 555 Taylor Road, P.O. Box 1600;
- Enfield, CT 06083-1600.
-
- - Fred
-