- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- About the Author
- About the Tech Reviewer
- Brief Contents
- Contents in Detail
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Where to buy LEGO pieces?
- Part I: Basics
- Part II: Mechanics
- Chapter 6: gears and power transmission basics
- drivers, followers, and idlers
- gear ratios
- gear ratio quick reference
- efficiency and gears
- backlash and gears
- controlling rotational direction
- an inventory of gears
- worm gear
- 3L worm gear
- 8-tooth gear
- knob wheel
- single-bevel 12-tooth gear
- double-bevel 12-tooth gear
- 14-tooth gear
- 16-tooth gear
- 16-tooth gear with clutch
- double-sided 16-tooth gear with clutch
- single-bevel 20-tooth gear
- single-bevel 20-tooth gear with pin hole
- double-bevel 20-tooth gear
- 24-tooth gear
- 24-tooth gear with clutch
- 24-tooth gear with crown
- 36-tooth gear
- 40-tooth gear
- Hailfire Droid wheel gear
- differential gears
- turntables
- obsolete gears
- Chapter 7: chains and pulleys
- Chapter 8: levers and linkages
- Chapter 9: custom mechanical solutions
- a stronger differential
- differential locks
- a custom differential
- an axle with a differential lock
- ratchets
- linear clutches
- eccentric mechanisms
- Scotch yokes
- a scotch yoke
- Oldham couplings
- an oldham coupling
- Schmidt couplings
- stepper motors
- Geneva mechanisms
- a Geneva mechanism
- reverse lights
- flashing lights
- turn signals
- complex turn signals
- double-axle turntable transmission
- a double-axle turntable transmission
- a sturdy universal joint
- a universal joint
- Chapter 10: the LEGO pneumatic system
- Chapter 11: pneumatic devices
- motorized compressors
- a rocking compressor
- motorized valves
- autovalve
- a motorized valve
- an autovalve
- electro-pneumatic switch
- PF Servo–controlled valve
- an electro-pneumatic switch
- a PF Servo–controlled valve
- automated pressure switch
- pneumatic engines
- a single-cylinder engine
- a two-cylinder pneumatic engine
- a two-cylinder pneumatic engine with sliders
- builder showcase
- a working water pressure pump
- Chapter 12: building strong
- Chapter 6: gears and power transmission basics
- Part III: Motors
- Chapter 13: an inventory of LEGO motors
- 2838, the first 9V motor
- 71427, a popular and powerful 9V motor
- 43362, a lighter 9V motor
- 47154, a 9V motor in a semitransparent housing
- Micromotor
- MINDSTORMS NXT motor
- MINDSTORMS EV3 Medium motor
- MINDSTORMS EV3 Large motor
- Power Functions E motor
- Power Functions M (Medium) motor
- Power Functions L (Large) motor
- Power Functions XL motor
- Power Functions Servo motor
- RC motor
- watertight motor (old)
- watertight motor (new)
- Chapter 14: LEGO power Functions system
- Chapter 15: the RC system
- Chapter 13: an inventory of LEGO motors
- Part IV: Advanced Mechanics
- Chapter 16: wheeled steering systems
- Chapter 17: wheeled suspension systems
- Chapter 18: tracked vehicles and suspensions
- Chapter 19: transmissions
- types of transmissions
- how LEGO transmission driving rings work
- transmission designs
- 2-speed synchronized transmission
- 2-speed linear heavy-duty transmission
- 2-speed RC motor transmission
- 2-speed orbital transmission
- 2-speed ratchet transmission
- 3-speed linear transmission
- 4-speed double-lever transmission
- 4-speed synchronized transmission
- 4-speed sequential RC synchronized transmission
- 5-speed linear transmission
- 10-speed synchronized transmission
- continuously variable transmission
- distribution transmissions
- a 2-speed synchronized transmission
- a 2-speed linear heavy-duty transmission
- a 2-speed RC motor transmission
- a 2-speed orbital transmission
- a 2-speed ratchet transmission
- a 3-speed linear transmission
- a 4-speed synchronized transmission
- a 4-speed sequential RC synchronized transmission
- a 10-speed synchronized transmission
- a continuously variable transmission
- Chapter 20: adders and subtractors
- Chapter 21: planetary gearing
- Chapter 22: 3D printing
- Part V: Models
- Afterword
- Index
- Updates and Additional Resources
- What Will you Build?
brief contents
chapter 2 basic units and pieces
chapter 3 studless or studfull?
chapter 4 axles, bushes, and joints
chapter 6 gears and power transmission basics
chapter 9 custom mechanical solutions
chapter 10 the LEGO pneumatic system
chapter 13 an inventory of LEGO motors
chapter 14 LEGO Power Functions system
chapter 16 wheeled steering systems
chapter 17 wheeled suspension systems
chapter 18 tracked vehicles and suspensions
chapter 20 adders and subtractors
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