The Unofficial LEGO Technic Builder's Guide
The LEGO® Technic system opens a new realm of building possibilities. Using motors, gears, pneumatics, pulleys, linkages, and more, you can design LEGO models that really move.

The Unofficial LEGO Technic Builder's Guide is filled with building tips for creating strong yet elegant machines and mechanisms with the Technic system. Author Pawe? "Sariel" Kmiec will teach you the foundations of LEGO Technic building, from simple machines to advanced mechanics, even explaining how to create realistic to-scale models. Sariel, a world-renowned LEGO Technic expert, offers unique insight into mechanical principles like torque, power translation, and gear ratios, all using Technic bricks.

You'll learn how to:
–Create sturdy connections that can withstand serious stress
–Re-create specialized LEGO pieces like casings and u-joints, and build solutions like Schmidt and Oldham couplings, when no standard piece will do
–Build custom differentials, suspensions, transmissions, and steering systems
–Pick the right motor for the job—and transform its properties to suit your needs
–Combine studfull and studless building styles for a stunning look
–Create 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. Your Technic adventure starts now!
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The Unofficial LEGO Technic Builder's Guide
The LEGO® Technic system opens a new realm of building possibilities. Using motors, gears, pneumatics, pulleys, linkages, and more, you can design LEGO models that really move.

The Unofficial LEGO Technic Builder's Guide is filled with building tips for creating strong yet elegant machines and mechanisms with the Technic system. Author Pawe? "Sariel" Kmiec will teach you the foundations of LEGO Technic building, from simple machines to advanced mechanics, even explaining how to create realistic to-scale models. Sariel, a world-renowned LEGO Technic expert, offers unique insight into mechanical principles like torque, power translation, and gear ratios, all using Technic bricks.

You'll learn how to:
–Create sturdy connections that can withstand serious stress
–Re-create specialized LEGO pieces like casings and u-joints, and build solutions like Schmidt and Oldham couplings, when no standard piece will do
–Build custom differentials, suspensions, transmissions, and steering systems
–Pick the right motor for the job—and transform its properties to suit your needs
–Combine studfull and studless building styles for a stunning look
–Create 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. Your Technic adventure starts now!
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The Unofficial LEGO Technic Builder's Guide

The Unofficial LEGO Technic Builder's Guide

by Pawel Sariel Kmiec
The Unofficial LEGO Technic Builder's Guide

The Unofficial LEGO Technic Builder's Guide

by Pawel Sariel Kmiec

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Overview

The LEGO® Technic system opens a new realm of building possibilities. Using motors, gears, pneumatics, pulleys, linkages, and more, you can design LEGO models that really move.

The Unofficial LEGO Technic Builder's Guide is filled with building tips for creating strong yet elegant machines and mechanisms with the Technic system. Author Pawe? "Sariel" Kmiec will teach you the foundations of LEGO Technic building, from simple machines to advanced mechanics, even explaining how to create realistic to-scale models. Sariel, a world-renowned LEGO Technic expert, offers unique insight into mechanical principles like torque, power translation, and gear ratios, all using Technic bricks.

You'll learn how to:
–Create sturdy connections that can withstand serious stress
–Re-create specialized LEGO pieces like casings and u-joints, and build solutions like Schmidt and Oldham couplings, when no standard piece will do
–Build custom differentials, suspensions, transmissions, and steering systems
–Pick the right motor for the job—and transform its properties to suit your needs
–Combine studfull and studless building styles for a stunning look
–Create 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. Your Technic adventure starts now!

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781593274832
Publisher: No Starch Press
Publication date: 11/12/2012
Sold by: Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Format: eBook
Pages: 352
File size: 27 MB
Note: This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range: 10 Years

About the Author

Pawe? "Sariel" Kmie? is a LEGO Technic enthusiast based in Warsaw, Poland. His LEGO creations have been featured in many magazines and on the world’s most popular LEGO blogs. Sariel is a guest blogger for the official LEGO Technic website and is a LEGO Ambassador for Poland. He is YouTube’s most viewed LEGO Technic builder and the author of Incredible Lego Technic.

Table of Contents

  • foreword
  • preface
  • acknowledgments
  • basics
    • Chapter 1: basic concepts
    • Chapter 2: basic units and pieces
    • Chapter 3: studless or studfull?
    • Chapter 4: axles, bushes, and joints


  • mechanics
    • Chapter 5: gears and power transmission basics
    • Chapter 6: chains and pulleys
    • Chapter 7: levers and linkages
    • Chapter 8: custom mechanical solutions
    • Chapter 9: the LEGO pneumatic system
    • Chapter 10: pneumatic devices
    • Chapter 11: building strong


  • motors
    • Chapter 12: an inventory of LEGO motors
    • Chapter 13: LEGO Power Functions system


  • advanced mechanics
    • Chapter 14: wheeled steering systems
    • Chapter 15: wheeled suspension systems
    • Chapter 16: tracked vehicles and suspensions
    • Chapter 17: transmissions
    • Chapter 18: adders and subtractors


  • models
    • Chapter 19: form vs. function
    • Chapter 20: scaling a model
    • Chapter 21: the modeling process


  • afterword
  • updates and additional resources

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