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A multiton bank vault door set in a red room. Within the vault, we see a 'code waterfall' effect as seen in the credit sequences of the Wachowskis' 'Matrix' movies. In front of the fault is a ghoulish, skull-faced figure in a tailcoat and a red sash, holding a tube that is vomiting out a poorly differentiated stream of rubbish and slop.
This is a reverse-engineering.
All credits goes to Mike Nieves
Link to original model: www.flickr.com/photos/retinence/43949178682/in/photostream/
There's all these latch things that are pretty hard to get apart. I just wedged a screwdriver in really slowly back and forth until they "popped". It sounds like you're breaking it (and maybe you are on some cards), but it wasn't broken for me.
Model No. SW1200
120VAC 60Hz 2W input
From what I can find online:
Seawise Industrial Ltd
Hing Wah Centre
6th Floor, # 601
84 To Kwa Wan
Kowloon, Hong Kong
This model is apparently a 12.4 kV output.
7.5 kV output model is available for $10.95 here: Electronic Goldmine - 120VAC (7.5kV Output) Negative Ion Generator
Swanson Technologies - Inexpensive High Voltage Power Supply explains, with a schematic showing how it is negative high-voltage output relative to neutral AC wire.
This is a reverse-engineering.
All credits goes to Mike Nieves
Link to original model: www.flickr.com/photos/retinence/29637123897/in/photostream/
Here is an incorrect solution to the Reverse Engineering 3's week 4 bonus.
This does not use the prohibited 4733, but does use the related 47905 (red bricks). Connecting them to the (blue) tiles makes two units. Then two pin-studs allow a 3L bar (or two exoforce robot hands shown here) to connect the two units.
Then, holding firmly by the ends, finagle the long tiles outward to the edges of the 2x2 tiles.
This is not correct due to slight gaps between the tiles and thus the overlaps are too deep.
Here is a reverse engineering of the exemplar at www.flickr.com/photos/ltdemartinet/16714374110/ (but without the outer tiles for clarity).
This is a freeview stereograph. Cross your eyes to see it in 3D.
The black clips are just normal 2555s, but my CAD has taken a dislike to the curves on all clips. The glimpse of red is a 4L lightsaber blade.
This is a reverse-engineering.
All credits goes to Mike Nieves
Link to original model: www.flickr.com/photos/retinence/29637123897/in/photostream/
This is a reverse engineering of the exemplar at www.flickr.com/photos/ltdemartinet/16773339758/.
This is a little fiddly to get the ends in the right position, but is solid enough when put together.
The center is a 3L bar through a travis brick. The 2x2 round plates help solidfy the interior when squeezing, and help brace the 1x1 round plates (with holes). The best way to set the length is to make it a bit long and then squeeze it down slowly.
Connect the 1x1 plates to the outer tiles. This gives a better half-stud connection than if the plates were attached to the travis brick. Must be something to do with the tube connection.
This is not as strong as my main (alternate) solution, but is a neat one anyways. (Obviously not the exemplar's insides.)
A reverse engineering of this.
I'm not really happy with this, but it's getting late in the week and I am away from my LEGO, so no trial-and-error with real bricks. However, I am reasonably sure this will work IRL.
Blue indicates plates (the regular blue is 4081b - 1x1 plate w/ thick ring). Green is 1x1 w/ open studs on opposite sides (half-travis). Brown is exo-force robot hands. And the black is pneumatic tubing (specifically the ones from Blacktron - the only ones I have experience with - I know both connections I've used here work as I've used them before).
As to how the whole thing stays together...
The pneumatic tubes are the key. They fit over the cheese's "tube". (The CAD had a bit of trouble rendering the ends of the tubes.) They are clipped into the roadsign sides. The problem is that the roadsign clips are 1/2-rod-diameter off of the cheese tubes. This would pull the cheeses outward away from the end tiles, except that the robot hands clip to the tubes and hold them in exactly the right position.
The green 1x1 half-travis bricks hold the robot hands and also connect them to the two ends. This completes a ring of connected parts.
That leaves the 2x4 tiles on the top and bottom to be dealt with. They do not connect directly to the rest of the container. They are connected via the blue stacks in the center. The left top & bottom are connected to each other, and the right top & bottom to each other.
They are held in place through constriction - the outer ring and each other keep them from falling out. The only slight niggle is that the center can move up and down - but only by the space of 1/4 plate height. I think in reality that it would be unnoticeable.
Now to put it together:
I'd build the ends first, then place them around the bottom two tiles while I measure the correct length for the tubes. To do that: put the tube on one side, pop it onto one cheese, clip it into the clips on that side, measure it accurately and cut it (*shudder*) to the correct length.
Then disassemble, cut (*ouch*) a second to the same length. For each side: put the cheeses on both ends before clipping the tube into the clips.
Finally, once you got it to the state you see here, I'd put the top two tiles on.
This is a reverse engineering of the exemplar at www.flickr.com/photos/ltdemartinet/17053593035/in/pool-13....
This is stereoscopic - cross your eyes to see it in 3D.
The four units around the outside are identical. (Please excuse the missing slope - my CAD ate it and I didn't notice until too late.) They use the new bracket 99781. The center column is made up of a 1x1 brick, a 1x1 plate (both yellow), and a pin-stud (blue).
As can be seen above, the brick and plate are twisted in relation to each other to keep the 4x4 dishes from turning. When assembling, attach the pin and plate to the top dish, the brick to the bottom one. Then insert the pin into the brick a little way, twist the dishes to jam the squares in opposite directions, and squeeze together.
This is a reverse-engineering.
All credits goes to Mike Nieves
Link to original model: www.flickr.com/photos/retinence/31335395217/in/photostream/
I just pushed the plastic thing until it bent around the jacks. Felt like it was going to break something, but it didn't.
This is a reverse engineering of the exemplar at www.flickr.com/photos/ltdemartinet/17053593035/in/pool-13....
This is stereoscopic - cross your eyes to see it in 3D.
The four units around the outside are identical. They use the new bracket 99781. The center column is made up of a 1x1 brick, a 1x1 plate (both yellow), and a small center wheel (3464) (blue). Its position in the column is shown by the 1x1 round plate because my CAD insists its connection points are in the wrong places, and won't let me place it correctly even with snap off. Grr.
As can be seen above, the brick and plate are twisted in relation to each other to keep the 4x4 dishes from turning.
The Mac SE ROM has an easter egg image of the engineers who worked on it. It appears to be displayed with the Macinton Toolbox entry point _UnpackBits (0xA8D0). The format is likely PackBits. Details: www.nycresistor.com/2012/08/21/ghosts-in-the-rom/
This is a reverse engineering of the exemplar at www.flickr.com/photos/ltdemartinet/16773339758/.
This version has a solid core, but can be slid apart. It doesn't slide under the force of gravity, but it is weaker than a half-stud connection.
(Obviously not the original construction)
Here is a solution to the Reverse Engineering 3's week 4 bonus.
In the center, black headlight bricks and red plates connect two tiles into two units. This provides structure and strength for the completed thingy.
Then the weightlifter's weight (91049) is stuck in the ends (pony-ear style) which not only connects the end, but also the two units together.
I've found that the stud clutch power from the weight to the end tile is enough to keep this stable enough for gentle handling.
For increased stability, you can place a short bit of pneumatic hose sideways between the headlight brick and the weight. This squishes the hose sideways and acts as a spring making the whole thing as tight as anything.
This is a reverse-engineering.
All credits goes to Henry Pinto
Link to original model: www.flickr.com/photos/145406000@N04/50236735686/in/photos...
This is a reverse-engineering.
All credits goes to Mike Nieves
Link to original model: www.flickr.com/photos/retinence/31335395217/in/photostream/
This is a reverse-engineering.
All credits goes to Henry Pinto
Link to original model: www.flickr.com/photos/145406000@N04/50236735686/in/photos...
The cover design of my fifth novel, entitled Ontogenesis (Libri Mysterii Book 5), which is a scifi exploration of the alien-abduction phenomenon. From my research into the surprisingly widespread phenomenon, I've learned that a lot of people are experiencing *something* that can leave them with post traumatic stress disorder but no one knows conclusively what it is. I'm not writing about the phenomenon because I think I know what it is or isn't all about; I simply find it a compelling scenario that affects people of all social classes all around the world. The implications are profound, and the experiences deeply affect those involved. It's an interesting subject that seems to expand the more I research it. So, just how deep *does* this rabbit hole go?
Logline: Trevor frequently wakes up from weird abduction dreams, but when the ufo he’s dreaming he’s in is actually shot down by the military he learns that he’s been an abductee since childhood and that government agencies will not tolerate crash survivors or escapees from deep underground bases.
This is a reverse-engineering, made in 2015.
All credits goes to Garden Garden
Link to original model: www.flickr.com/photos/rickbrick/15106564332/
This is a reverse-engineering.
All credits goes to Mike Nieves
Link to original model: www.flickr.com/photos/retinence/31335395217/in/photostream/
This is a reverse-engineering.
All credits goes to Henry Pinto
Link to original model: www.flickr.com/photos/145406000@N04/50236735686/in/photos...
This is a reverse-engineering.
All credits goes to Mike Nieves
Link to original model: www.flickr.com/photos/retinence/29637123897/in/photostream/
This is a reverse-engineering.
All credits goes to Joe Meno
Link to original model: www.flickr.com/photos/brickjournal/11496972105/in/album-7...