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     |    | Re: Portland Train Event
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  |  (...) Sounds great, Matt, but do we have to take your word for it, since we all know that a picture is worth a thousand of those. (URL) JOHN    (14 years ago, 27-Feb-12, to lugnet.trains, FTX)   
   |   |   |    |    | Re: 3D printers
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  |  (...) I don't think there's any 3D printing technology available that hits the tolerances needed for functional Lego compatible pieces (I think Lego pieces are manufactured to ±.0006") The resolution on filament fed printers (fused deposition (...)   (14 years ago, 27-Feb-12, to lugnet.cad)   
   |   |   |    |    | Monorail Record
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  |  NELUG recently held an event dedicated to setting the world record for the longest LEGO monorail track. From everything we had seen, the previous record was somewhere around 200-300 linear feet of monorail track, depending on how you counted it, (...)   (14 years ago, 27-Feb-12, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.nelug)  !  
   |   |   |    |    | Re: Mathematical proof that you can't build anything with LEGO bricks
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  |  (...) Two things come immediately to mind. The first is that it's really amusing that he's saying that now that there are a much wider variety of parts, it's harder to build something with them. I've got over 40 cars in my collection now that could (...)   (14 years ago, 27-Feb-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)   
   |   |   |    |    | 3D printers
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  |  I was curious if anyone here has had experience using 3D printers to print Lego compatible pieces. Through an email list, I stumbled across this product: (URL) thought others here might be interested since it uses ABS as the printing material and (...)   (14 years ago, 24-Feb-12, to lugnet.cad)   
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