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Re: Space stations?
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lugnet.space
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Fri, 24 Sep 1999 20:57:14 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Steve Bliss writes:
> On Thu, 23 Sep 1999 13:57:42 GMT, "Duane Hess" <DNJHESS@ZDNETMAIL.COM>
> wrote:
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> > I haven't built a fully working model yet, but have played with the mating
> > slopes on either side of the door. I found that to get a good mate between
> > the two sides, the female portion must be one plate taller than the male. In
> > doing so, the alignment of the hole/pin is thrown off by 1/2 a plate.
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> Oops. Erg. This is not easily resolved. Drat. The indented/extended
> portions could be changed to use bricks and tiles, instead of slopes. Or
> we could keep the surfaces flat, like the M3 port.
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> Steve
My vote is for the flat faced design. It generally takes up less room and
(I think) is easier to incorporate into a design.
Have you tried using a 2 x 1 x 1 panel instead of the 1 x 1 w/ headlight
and tile design? I vaguely (sp) remember using this design once, but don't
remember if I had a sticking problem or not. The door is sandwiched between
the panel side and a brick. The door slides on the tile-like surface of the
panel. If my verbal description is unclear, let me know, I'll whip something
up in LDraw.
-Duane
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| (...) It does stick a bit. The M3 uses the 1x2x1 panel you're talking about to secure the slide door at the top and bottom. Don't bother with LDraw unless you want to, cuz it's downloadable from my M3 page. Tonite and tommorrow I'm going to play (...) (25 years ago, 25-Sep-99, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Oops. Erg. This is not easily resolved. Drat. The indented/extended portions could be changed to use bricks and tiles, instead of slopes. Or we could keep the surfaces flat, like the M3 port. Steve (25 years ago, 24-Sep-99, to lugnet.space)
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