WHAT WILL YOU BUILD?^™

This thoroughly updated second edition of the best-selling Unofficial LEGO^® Technic Builder’s Guide is filled with tips for building strong yet elegant machines and mechanisms with the LEGO Technic system. World-renowned builder Paweł “Sariel” Kmieć covers the foundations of LEGO Technic building, from the concepts that underlie simple machines, like gears and linkages, to advanced mechanics, like differentials and steering systems. This edition adds 13 new building instructions and 4 completely new chapters on wheels, the RC system, planetary gearing, and 3D printing.

You’ll get a hands-on introduction to fundamental mechanical concepts like torque, friction, and traction, as well as basic engineering principles like weight distribution, efficiency, and power transmission—all with the help of Technic pieces. You’ll even learn how Sariel builds his amazing tanks, trucks, and cars to scale.

Learn how to:

Build sturdy connections that can withstand serious stress

Re-create specialized LEGO pieces, like casings and u-joints, and build custom, complex Schmidt and Oldham couplings

Create your own differentials, suspensions, transmissions, and steering systems

Pick the right motor for the job and transform it to suit your needs

Combine studfull and studless building styles for a stunning look

Build remote-controlled vehicles, lighting systems, motorized compressors, and pneumatic engines

This beautifully illustrated, full-color book will inspire you with ideas for building amazing machines like tanks with suspended treads, supercars, cranes, bulldozers, and much more. What better way to learn engineering principles than to experience them hands-on with LEGO Technic?

about the author

Paweł “Sariel” Kmieć (http://sariel.pl/) is a prolific blogger and Technic model builder. He is YouTube’s most popular LEGO Technic builder, a guest blogger for the official LEGO Technic blog, and a 2012 LEGO Ambassador.

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FOR AGES 13+

THIS BOOK IS NOT AUTHORIZED OR ENDORSED BY THE LEGO GROUP.