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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.
>
> 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
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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In lugnet.space, Duane Hess writes:
> 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.
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 with the new slide door design I'm
thinking of, and I'll get back to y'all about its good and bad points as soon
as I can.
BTW Duane (if I haven't missed it), do we ever get to see your minifig cryo-
chambers that you made? :-)
-Tom McD.
when replying, throwing spamcake from a moving vehicle is illegal in Wyoming.
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In lugnet.space, Tom McDonald writes:
>
> BTW Duane (if I haven't missed it), do we ever get to see your minifig cryo-
> chambers that you made? :-)
I have them in the remains of my Deep Space Research vessle. They are
integrated into the control center bulkhead. Other than what was posted
in the ideas group, I haven't posted anything else. I would like to LDraw
what I have left of the ship before I completely lose it though.
Duane
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