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Pneumatic Animatronic Lego Snake

Pneumatic Animatronic Lego Snake

I got bored...
For this instructable I needed two custom things to be made- this and this.

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Step 1Materials

Materials

One...

Lego pneumatic air pump
Lego pneumatic valve
Optional-pneumatic air tank.

For each segment

Lego pneumatic tubing (about six inches)
Two lego pneumatic T junctions
One 15 hole lego technic beam
One pneumatic cylinder
One indescribable beam (see picture)
Three two unit long round pegs
Two round to cross pegs
One three unit long round peg

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5 comments

Nov 13, 2008. 11:23 PMzimmemic25 says:

please show us how to connect the tubes to the cylinder.

Aug 22, 2008. 1:28 AMfetmats says:

Any chance of seeing it move?

Jul 12, 2008. 1:10 PMbigpinecone says:

nice! i would try it if i had more than 2 pneumatic rams, and an air tank. so how's about that 'ible on that air tank? =D good 'ible though. i like your name for the black peg things... WOOT LEGOS PWN!!!

Jul 14, 2008. 10:29 PM

benthekahn (author) says:

The air tank Instructable is here

Jul 12, 2008. 11:54 PMexplosivemaker says:

....hmm....I didn't know LEGO made pneumatic thingies......

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Hi, I'm Ben. I like mechanical engineering, and using free stuff/"junk".