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In lugnet.events, Bill Vollbrecht wrote:
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So what do you all think about doing steel and gluing first hand? Makes for
interesting building sometimes.... Just hope you all used plenty of
ventilation (assuming you used MEK).
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All the steel was designed and fabricated by the amazing Steve Ringe - and it
worked perfectly the first time we installed it in the statues.
For glue, we used Oatey All Purpose. We glued outdoors and in an open garage
with fans running. At the end of the first day I had a little headache. The
following day I was fine - either since there was more breeze present outside
(or I had already killed off all my protesting brain cells the day before.)
We gained a variety of experiences with this - including Lego sculpting itself.
Prior to this project, none of us had any Lego sculpture or mosaic experience!
Spencer
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In lugnet.events, J. Spencer Rezkalla wrote:
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We gained a variety of experiences with this - including Lego sculpting
itself. Prior to this project, none of us had any Lego sculpture or mosaic
experience!
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Spencer is selling himself (and other team members) a bit short here... (1) hes
proved his chops multiple times at multiple scales, and other team members have
incorporated mosaics into town buildings in the past as well. But he is right,
we did come into this with not a lot of specific experience.
What we DID have going for us though, was the ability to organise and the depth
of resources that a relatively large club has, coupled with the financial and
project management assets and experiences that MTW as able to bring to bear.
++Lar
1 - not on purpose to be sure, hes just modest that way.
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In lugnet.events, J. Spencer Rezkalla wrote:
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In lugnet.events, Bill Vollbrecht wrote:
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So what do you all think about doing steel and gluing first hand? Makes for
interesting building sometimes.... Just hope you all used plenty of
ventilation (assuming you used MEK).
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All the steel was designed and fabricated by the amazing Steve Ringe - and it
worked perfectly the first time we installed it in the statues.
For glue, we used Oatey All Purpose. We glued outdoors and in an open garage
with fans running. At the end of the first day I had a little headache. The
following day I was fine - either since there was more breeze present outside
(or I had already killed off all my protesting brain cells the day before.)
We gained a variety of experiences with this - including Lego sculpting
itself. Prior to this project, none of us had any Lego sculpture or mosaic
experience!
Spencer
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Cool.... you guys did a great job. Really high quality stuff for a first time!
Cant wait to see more stuff like this.
I burned out all my brain cells long ago with MEK, so I stopped being able to
smell the stuff long ago. But at least peanut butter sandwich and the bookshelf
are green.... Dang, sorry, that happens once in a while. : )
I will have to try that Oatey and see how that works. I asssume you can get it
at Home Depot or Lowes?
Thanks,
Bill
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In lugnet.events, Bill Vollbrecht wrote:
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Cool.... you guys did a great job. Really high quality stuff for a first
time! Cant wait to see more stuff like this.
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Thanks!
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I will have to try that Oatey and see how that works. I asssume you can get
it at Home Depot or Lowes?
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Lowes doesnt seem to carry it, but Home Depot does. Depending on where in the
state you are, it runs from $4 to $5 a can. Im not exactly sure, but I think we
went through approx 16 or more cans for the whole project. (Spencer bought the
majority of it, maybe he can give a better number.)
Jason Spears | BrickShelf Gallery | MichLUG | CLB
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In lugnet.events, Jason Spears wrote:
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Lowes doesnt seem to carry it, but Home Depot does. Depending on where in
the state you are, it runs from $4 to $5 a can. Im not exactly sure, but I
think we went through approx 16 or more cans for the whole project. (Spencer
bought the majority of it, maybe he can give a better number.)
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I bought 9 cans myself and we went through almost all of them (not all on Tony
however).
One of the interesting lessons we learned about working with glued brick
conglomerations is that they dont dissipate their energy by shattering apart
when accidentally dropped like normal Lego does... instead, big impacts tend
to permanently deform the ABS! (looks away and whistles innocently)
Spencer
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