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Well, besides my continuing posting to LUGNET just ‘cause I can (and will
continue to do so until they turn out the lights...) (1)
A few things
First, I wanted to see if I could actually build something non-space related
after a many year focus on spacey things...
Secondly, since I was a kid and I built wooden ones, I’ve always wanted to make
one out of LEGO bricks. I’ve seen it done previously, and I admire the effort
and ‘buildmanship’ needed to make a Burr puzzle piece ‘back in the day’--before
all these new pieces were produced...
But I waited until the 2 x 2 tile with studs came out before I had my ‘now it’s
time’.
So now is the time I built it
My first LEGO 18 piece Burr Puzzle
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sparky1701/albums/72157709396743761
The last pic shows my LEGO Burr with some of the wooden ones I made almost 40
years ago.
Anyway, this was fun, and I’m glad I did it. Now we return you to the regularly
scheduled spacey things :)
Dave K
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It's been ruminating in the back of my mind for years--nay, decades...
It bubbles to the forefront every so often but I didn't get the perfect vibe to
write it down with clarity.
However, whilst trying to find a completely different quotation, I stumbled
across this--
"When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how
to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not
beautiful, I know it is wrong."
-Richard Buckminster Fuller
What's more, it's perfect.
Specifically related to our chosen hobby, there have been so many instances when
I'm building a robot, or something for the CSL, where there's a problem, I work
on a solution to that problem, and I get a result. Then I look at the result
and it's 'less than perfect', or, rather, knowing that I've never made a perfect
creation yet, that there's something that just doesn't 'sit' right with me.
So I work on it some more, and more, and (if the missus will allow), work on it
even more, until I get to the point where, 'Hey, that looks right!' and it
usually, at least to me, has some sort of intrinsic beauty to it.
I didn't know the space station I started back in 2009 was going to look like it
does today. I just knew that it never looked finished. Much like my robot
builds of yore, I had no idea at the outset what the final product was going to
be. However, once (and again, this is in a 'general' sense because, as many of
my friends and family will attest, I'm never done tweaking the thing...) it got
to where it is now, I was happy.
Of course, tweaking can take me in different directions, which I also love.
Really, that's what makes this hobby of ours so utterly awesome--things built
can stand on their own, and things built an always be added to/improved upon
'relatively' easily.
Not too many 'spare time wasters' have that going for them. The extremely wide
range of builds and talents of everyone in the hobby, from young to old, can't,
in my humble opinion, be touched by, well, any other hobby. The accessibility
to everyone, the ease of modifying and rebuilding, the ability to bring a few,
or many together, or even work on your won... This hobby can bring out math
skills, engineering skills, science skills, artist skills, and, most of the
time, all these skills plus more combined ...
I look through my lego picture feeds and I'm awed by the smallest, to the
largest creations. I'm enjoying my time with my 6 year old sitting in my lap
when I'm at the lego table, throwing random parts together and holding the
creation up and saying 'look what I made, daddy!' and it's way cooler than
anything I would have made with the dame parts.
I'm extremely happy with the friends I made through this hobby, and I love
hanging out at our shows.
Another quotation I just found--
"You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it."
-Charles Buxton
As I get older, I'm finding that time is becoming more important to me than
money. I never seem to have enough time to come up with solutions that are
beautiful, therefore complete
Dave K
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It's been ruminating in the back of my mind for years--nay, decades...
It bubbles to the forefront every so often but I didn't get the perfect vibe to
write it down with clarity.
However, whilst trying to find a completely different quotation, I stumbled
across this--
"When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how
to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not
beautiful, I know it is wrong."
-Richard Buckminster Fuller
What's more, it's perfect.
Specifically related to our chosen hobby, there have been so many instances when
I'm building a robot, or something for the CSL, where there's a problem, I work
on a solution to that problem, and I get a result. Then I look at the result
and it's 'less than perfect', or, rather, knowing that I've never made a perfect
creation yet, that there's something that just doesn't 'sit' right with me.
So I work on it some more, and more, and (if the missus will allow), work on it
even more, until I get to the point where, 'Hey, that looks right!' and it
usually, at least to me, has some sort of intrinsic beauty to it.
I didn't know the space station I started back in 2009 was going to look like it
does today. I just knew that it never looked finished. Much like my robot
builds of yore, I had no idea at the outset what the final product was going to
be. However, once (and again, this is in a 'general' sense because, as many of
my friends and family will attest, I'm never done tweaking the thing...) it got
to where it is now, I was happy.
Of course, tweaking can take me in different directions, which I also love.
Really, that's what makes this hobby of ours so utterly awesome--things built
can stand on their own, and things built an always be added to/improved upon
'relatively' easily.
Not too many 'spare time wasters' have that going for them. The extremely wide
range of builds and talents of everyone in the hobby, from young to old, can't,
in my humble opinion, be touched by, well, any other hobby. The accessibility
to everyone, the ease of modifying and rebuilding, the ability to bring a few,
or many together, or even work on your won... This hobby can bring out math
skills, engineering skills, science skills, artist skills, and, most of the
time, all these skills plus more combined ...
I look through my lego picture feeds and I'm awed by the smallest, to the
largest creations. I'm enjoying my time with my 6 year old sitting in my lap
when I'm at the lego table, throwing random parts together and holding the
creation up and saying 'look what I made, daddy!' and it's way cooler than
anything I would have made with the dame parts.
I'm extremely happy with the friends I made through this hobby, and I love
hanging out at our shows.
Another quotation I just found--
"You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it."
-Charles Buxton
As I get older, I'm finding that time is becoming more important to me than
money. I never seem to have enough time to come up with solutions that are
beautiful, therefore complete
Dave K
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Have a few thoughts for improvement, but the exterior is done--
Again, thanks to Jealous Panda (http://www.jealouspanda.com) for the printed
windows! They’re awesome!!
Dave K
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y’know you’re so rusty for posting to lugnet when...
Nice title!
Dave K
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y’know you’re so rusty for posting to lugnet when...
Nice title!
Dave K
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I went to the show (with no LEGO in tow at all :( )
But I took lots of video (some of which can never be shown in polite company...
ever!)
Anyways, here's my edited video of the various creations that people brought--
http://youtu.be/U0C6ZsYxFV0
As always, Janey and the event organizers put on an awesome show! I have a good
idea of the amount of effort that is needed to put a show such as this together
and make it utterly fantastic, and the efforts were appreciated, not just by me
and my family, but by the public that I spoke with at the show. I heard nothing
but high praise from everyone!
Again, thanks BrickFete for these wonderful shows!
Dave K
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And a quick mini tour of my new storage setup. When the room is fully done,
I'll do a new vid for that...
Anyway, here's the vid--
http://youtu.be/SxGaziSRDUE
Enjoy!
Dave
-hope to see many of you at BrickFete this summer!
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And a quick mini tour of my new storage setup. When the room is fully done,
I'll do a new vid for that...
Anyway, here's the vid--
http://youtu.be/SxGaziSRDUE
Enjoy!
Dave
-hope to see many of you at BrickFete this summer!
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I agree with you John!
It’s kind of sad that the “diaspora” of AFOLs had continued... we were one big
dysfunctional happy family back in the early days before the “Bley Wars”. ;-)
There are so many sites out there now... many in local languages, others in
English. I post on many... but Lugnet is still “home”.... :-)
Cheers,
Gary Istok
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In lugnet.general, David Koudys wrote:
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And ignorant ppl who might admin other lego forum sites really should stop
saying that...
As well, before I get to my post, (and to continue with my rant), if you can’t
respect the fact that, without LUGNET, your little forum website probably
wouldn’t be as big as it is, or even in existence at all.
As far as I can see, LUGNET laid the groundwork for all subsequently
successful AFOL forums.
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Well, put, Dave. I would like to see people add a LUGNET post when they post
links to their creations other places. It would give people a reason for
coming/staying here.
Maybe the admins for the MOCs, etc, NGs should repost cool things they see
around the webs, a la the Brothers Brick. Commentary could be totally optional.
JOHN
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In lugnet.org.ca.obb, Jeffrey Findley wrote:
> In lugnet.org.ca.obb, Jacob Sparre Andersen wrote:
> > The way you match up the plates where the monorail takes a turn around
> > the landing pad is very nice.
>
> I agree with Jacob. It's amazing how those wing pieces seem to exactly match
> the radius of the curved monorail track sections.
>
> I like what I see so far for this build. Classic Space has always been my
> favorite. Please post pics of the completed build to Lugnet.
There is a wee bit of tension on the radius when you put the wing plates
together. However, if you lock it down on the 90 degrees to whatever you're
building, it pretty much flattens the wing 'circle' The tension in the hinge
plates is why you usually see me putting the slopes on top--it holds the hinge
plates together.
THanks for looking.
I'll get the whole thing up when finished and link it here
Take care,
Dave K
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In lugnet.org.ca.obb, Jacob Sparre Andersen wrote:
> David Koudys wrote:
>
> > https://www.flickr.com/photos/sparky1701/sets/72157643617736845/
>
> The way you match up the plates where the monorail takes a turn around
> the landing pad is very nice.
>
> Play well,
>
> Jacob
The 4 x 9 wing plate is perfect. 36 of them in a circle fit inside a monorail
circle.
As you can probably see, I use this trick alot in my space layout.
I've probably ordered well over 1000 of those wing plates from various Bricklink
stores over the years. As well, the 2 x 4 hinge plate, and the blue slopes I
use to hold the hinges to the wing plate.
All in all, lots of BL orders for 'basic' pieces.
Thanks for looking!
Dave K
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In lugnet.org.ca.obb, Chris Gray wrote:
> On 14-04-24 09:57 AM, David Koudys wrote:
>
> > All that said, I visit many of the AFOL sites on a regular basis because LUGNET
> > isn't what it once was. There is no 'one-stop shopping' for the AFOL community
> > now. So again I say, have your sites! I love visiting them and seeing what
> > other AFOL's are saying and building... there is no end of discovery out there.
> > Again, however, you're there now because of who came before you. You're
> > standing on the shoulders of giants who lead the way.
>
> You have more energy than me! I haven't signed up to any other sites. I
> occasionally end up on Eurobricks because a local member posts links to
> there, but that's about it. I find it saves a lot of time. :-)
THe very first site I go to when I start LEGO surfing is LUGNET. Then it just
goes from there.
> > Anyway, now that I got that out of the way, I'm building something!
> >
> > https://www.flickr.com/photos/sparky1701/sets/72157643617736845/
>
> Ah, the fun of doing circular things with rectangular Lego! :-)
It's fun!
Thanks for checking it out!
Dave K
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In lugnet.org.ca.obb, Jacob Sparre Andersen wrote:
> The way you match up the plates where the monorail takes a turn around
> the landing pad is very nice.
I agree with Jacob. It's amazing how those wing pieces seem to exactly match
the radius of the curved monorail track sections.
I like what I see so far for this build. Classic Space has always been my
favorite. Please post pics of the completed build to Lugnet.
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On 14-04-24 09:57 AM, David Koudys wrote:
> All that said, I visit many of the AFOL sites on a regular basis because LUGNET
> isn't what it once was. There is no 'one-stop shopping' for the AFOL community
> now. So again I say, have your sites! I love visiting them and seeing what
> other AFOL's are saying and building... there is no end of discovery out there.
> Again, however, you're there now because of who came before you. You're
> standing on the shoulders of giants who lead the way.
You have more energy than me! I haven't signed up to any other sites. I
occasionally end up on Eurobricks because a local member posts links to
there, but that's about it. I find it saves a lot of time. :-)
> Anyway, now that I got that out of the way, I'm building something!
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/sparky1701/sets/72157643617736845/
Ah, the fun of doing circular things with rectangular Lego! :-)
--
- Chris Gray (NALUG)
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And ignorant ppl who might admin other lego forum sites really should stop
saying that...
As well, before I get to my post, (and to continue with my rant), if you can't
respect the fact that, without LUGNET, your little forum website probably
wouldn't be as big as it is, or even in existence at all.
As far as I can see, LUGNET laid the groundwork for all subsequently successful
AFOL forums. LUGNET separated the AFOL's from the 'background noise' that was
rtl and other newsgroups. It was one of the first message boards--programmed
form scratch, and well before cookie-cutter PHP message boards--that allowed us
to communicate with one another whilst keeping out the spammers.
Again, you don't have to respect any of this. You don't have to take any of
this into consideration when running your discussion group. However, don't
think for a second that you have the temerity to pronounce LUGNET dead.
And another little point to all your admins and owners of other AFOL sites--not
one of you combined ALL facets of the hobby in the same fashion and to the same
extent that LUGNET did. And none of you could do it now. You want to stay
ensconced into your own little niche of the hobby--all the power to you--have
fun with that. Just don't go slamming the giant that lead the way for you.
All that said, I visit many of the AFOL sites on a regular basis because LUGNET
isn't what it once was. There is no 'one-stop shopping' for the AFOL community
now. So again I say, have your sites! I love visiting them and seeing what
other AFOL's are saying and building... there is no end of discovery out there.
Again, however, you're there now because of who came before you. You're
standing on the shoulders of giants who lead the way.
Anyway, now that I got that out of the way, I'm building something!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sparky1701/sets/72157643617736845/
It's for the OBB space layout (obviously). I needed something to replace the
big crater and this is what I came up with. It needs a few more BrickLink
orders and lots of time.
Again, no interiors as yet. I do keep stating that when I get the layout
finalized, that I'll go back and readdress all the buildings and stuff and add
the details. however, as yet, that hasn't happened :(
Dave K
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