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Re: My latest cathedral.
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lugnet.build.arch
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Tue, 31 Jul 2001 01:49:28 GMT
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In lugnet.build.arch, Brad Hamilton writes:
> it was some of your excellent, recent building that got
> me into the mood of making another "glass" building.
Thanks :-)
> when I build real "glass" buildings (with the 1x4x3 thin-walls), I tend
> to have problems with flex when I go more than 4 thin-walls high. I
> usually have to insert a beam or something. I noticed that you use
> very high sections without apparent support. Have you had the "flex"
> problem, and, if so, how did you deal with it?
I call it the "curl" problem, and yes, I have it in spades. The GATS Church
actually takes advantage of it in the curved walls. All the other glass walls
that are more than a few panels in size are supported somehow. In the GATS
Church the glass walls slide into tracks, so they're braced on the sides. In the
church I'm building in my living room the glass walls are inset into the corner
columns by one stud, so they're also braced on the sides. The two clear roof
panels on that church are unsupported, but there are 1x2, 2x2 and 2x3 bricks
along the edges, and they lay flat, with gravity acting against the curl. Those
panels are very fragile, and they're a pain to fix when they break. The GATS
Church has four smaller wall panels like that, but they slide into tracks, and
the roof is built like that, but it also slides into tracks.
Does that make any sense?
> Apparently, Paradisa didn't do so well. I wouldn't touch them with a
> 10 foot pole when they were out, because I thought that they were too
> "girly."
Your point? :-) I don't have such hangups, of course, but I wasn't buying LEGO
when they were out. Doh!
Amy
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| Amy Hughes <lugnews@amyhughes.org> wrote in message news:GHBEEG.KG6@lugnet.com... (...) Church (...) walls (...) In the (...) corner (...) roof (...) bricks (...) Those (...) GATS (...) and (...) Yes - That helps. I'll have to try a 1 stud brace on (...) (23 years ago, 31-Jul-01, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| ----- Original Message ----- From: Amy Hughes <lugnews@public.atreides.org> (...) we (...) Thanks. Actually, it was some of your excellent, recent building that got me into the mood of making another "glass" building. Out of curiosity, when I build (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jul-01, to lugnet.build.arch)
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