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In lugnet.general, Ondrew Hartigan wrote:
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i just tryed this. it works really well and is very fast however the new
record is 156. you can fit 4 additinal bricks in on row 3. =) ondrew
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I knew I missed something, because I added more bricks to the top level than my
previous personal best had increased by. I went back and checked my original
method and sure enough, found that I could fit 163 2x4s in the cup, again
assuming that the lid doesn’t need to snap on:
This method is a bit more tightly packed, and you do have to press down slightly
to get the bottom disc into the cup. If you omit the top and bottom brick from
that disc you eliminate that problem. The top (largest) disc is also a bit
tight, but still fits.
I’d still like to see someone top that, though. Keep pushing the envelope,
people!
-Chris.
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In lugnet.general, Chris Phillips wrote:
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In lugnet.general, Ondrew Hartigan wrote:
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i just tryed this. it works really well and is very fast however the new
record is 156. you can fit 4 additinal bricks in on row 3. =) ondrew
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I knew I missed something, because I added more bricks to the top level than
my previous personal best had increased by. I went back and checked my
original method and sure enough, found that I could fit 163 2x4s in the cup,
again assuming that the lid doesn’t need to snap on:
This method is a bit more tightly packed, and you do have to press down
slightly to get the bottom disc into the cup. If you omit the top and bottom
brick from that disc you eliminate that problem. The top (largest) disc is
also a bit tight, but still fits.
I’d still like to see someone top that, though. Keep pushing the envelope,
people!
-Chris.
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Well I would like to congratulate you for taking this challenge. This after all
is for the benefit of everyone. I would like to still keep record by saying you
can add 2 additional bricks to the second row to make it look like the first row
diamond shape. So the record is 165!
OnDrew
P.s. this was fun! Want to take the small cup on now?
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In lugnet.general, Ondrew Hartigan wrote:
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In lugnet.general, Chris Phillips wrote:
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In lugnet.general, Ondrew Hartigan wrote:
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i just tryed this. it works really well and is very fast however the new
record is 156. you can fit 4 additinal bricks in on row 3. =) ondrew
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I knew I missed something, because I added more bricks to the top level than
my previous personal best had increased by. I went back and checked my
original method and sure enough, found that I could fit 163 2x4s in the cup,
again assuming that the lid doesn’t need to snap on:
This method is a bit more tightly packed, and you do have to press down
slightly to get the bottom disc into the cup. If you omit the top and
bottom brick from that disc you eliminate that problem. The top (largest)
disc is also a bit tight, but still fits.
I’d still like to see someone top that, though. Keep pushing the envelope,
people!
-Chris.
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Well I would like to congratulate you for taking this challenge. This after
all is for the benefit of everyone. I would like to still keep record by
saying you can add 2 additional bricks to the second row to make it look like
the first row diamond shape. So the record is 165!
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When I add two more bricks to the second level it deforms the cup pretty badly,
but I suppose it fits. So add another brick to the center row of level 4
(Blue/White section in the center of my latest picture) and you get 166 2x4’s
into a slightly mangled PaB cup.
I think I’ll personally stick to 163 or 164 bricks (my 163 + latest level 4 mod)
when I’m buying PaB cups. I try not to trash the cups since they make such good
storage containers, and they are easier to pack when the brick isn’t constantly
trying to escape. Plus, it’s nice to have a little breathing room left over to
fill with smaller parts.
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P.s. this was fun! Want to take the small cup on now?
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I don’t have any small cups, so I can’t try this one. But if you’re trying to
maximize your brick/buck ratio, the small cups look like a losing bet since they
are 1/2 the volume for more than 1/2 the price.
- Chris.
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In lugnet.general, Ondrew Hartigan wrote:
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In lugnet.general, Chris Phillips wrote:
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In lugnet.general, Ondrew Hartigan wrote:
...I could fit 163 2x4s in the cup,
again assuming that the lid doesn’t need to snap on:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Chrispy/PickABrick/1pab163.jpg
This method is a bit more tightly packed, and you do have to press down
slightly to get the bottom disc into the cup. If you omit the top and
bottom brick from that disc you eliminate that problem. The top (largest)
disc is also a bit tight, but still fits.
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Well I would like to congratulate you for taking this challenge. This after
all is for the benefit of everyone. I would like to still keep record by
saying you can add 2 additional bricks to the second row to make it look
like the first row diamond shape. So the record is 165!
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I know this thread died months ago, but we got a store in the Seattle area a few
weeks ago and I finally got to try it out. And, of course, this subject is
always of interest.
I got 169 2x4 bricks into a cup today, using a slightly
modified version of the pattern mentioned. And the best part: old grey!
There wasn’t much room to spare, though- I only managed to add 18 1x2 technic
bricks around the bottom and 6 1x4x2 fences squeezed into perimeter crannies.
And those fences were pretty well crammed in.
Note that you have to rotate
the bottom two levels 90 degrees from each other so that they warp the cup in
the same direction. But this pattern doesn’t seem to warp the cup any more than
the previous pattern.
Also, you can get more studs’ worth of bricks if you
use other geometries. Using 2x4, 2x2, 1x2, and 1x4 bricks, I got the stud-count
equivalent of 182.5 2x4 bricks into a cup a couple of weeks ago. I probably
could have gotten another 2 or so in if they had 1x1 bricks. The pattern was
studs up, so obviously totally different from this. Unfortunately, I didn’t
document it.
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In lugnet.general, Chris Phillips wrote:
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In lugnet.general, Ondrew Hartigan wrote:
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i just tryed this. it works really well and is very fast however the new
record is 156. you can fit 4 additinal bricks in on row 3. =) ondrew
|
I knew I missed something, because I added more bricks to the top level than
my previous personal best had increased by. I went back and checked my
original method and sure enough, found that I could fit 163 2x4s in the cup,
again assuming that the lid doesn’t need to snap on:
This method is a bit more tightly packed, and you do have to press down
slightly to get the bottom disc into the cup. If you omit the top and bottom
brick from that disc you eliminate that problem. The top (largest) disc is
also a bit tight, but still fits.
I’d still like to see someone top that, though. Keep pushing the envelope,
people!
-Chris.
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I tried this method and it takes a little time, but it works very well. As a
control I packed 2x4s into a cup without any assemble and I could only fit 103
bricks, so assembling makes a significant difference.
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