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| (...) There are very few things in life that I can consider myself as an expert, but the one thing is color matching and quality control of color in a manufacturing process and at the point of purchase. For 30 years I worked in a small paint (...) (18 years ago, 10-Apr-07, to lugnet.color)
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| | Re: New Monorail System (MOC)
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| (...) it's a cool concept but not very cost effective. i imagine those tank treads are going to go for .20 cents or more on bricklink. i could see this being feasable for something large and possibly space, but i'd concider trying something cheaper. (...) (18 years ago, 12-Mar-07, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: TachoSpeed.nqc
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| (...) You assumed correctly. Without the wait the if statement is always executed immediately. I see what you mean: by taking the wait out of the start of the loop the sensors are checked more frequently. That doesn't solve the riddle though, (...) (18 years ago, 12-Mar-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: The Brick Testament reActs
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| Hey Brendan, More great work as always. BTW, if you are in any of the stories and you click on "Acts of the Apostles" at the top, you go to the (URL) original version>, not your new (URL) ReActs>. I was kind of happy, as I wish you'd include a page (...) (18 years ago, 10-Mar-07, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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| | Re: The Brick Testament reActs
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| Hi, Bruce. (...) Ah, thanks for pointing that out! I've fixed it now. I do intend to keep the (URL) old version of Acts> online (just as the old version of (URL) The Gospels> is still there). That way links to it on other people's websites will not (...) (18 years ago, 10-Mar-07, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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| | TachoSpeed.nqc
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| I'm trying to write a simple routine that uses the TachoSpeed value to see if my Cybermaster has run into something. I'm trying this on tiled floor, by making the bot with tank threads run into the wall, but only very occasionally does it actually (...) (18 years ago, 10-Mar-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: How long is a length of monorail track?
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| (...) I've just assumed that LEGO's accuracy with stud-to-metric measurements is neigh on perfect (or, too close for me to accurately measure discrepancies). So, I've just assumed an interstud spacing of 8mm per stud. (...) I guess it depends on (...) (12 years ago, 13-May-13, to lugnet.general)
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| | BinkTower
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| Pick-A-Brick is our friend. I'm an excellent procrastinator. Over the last month or so, I've been surreptitiously working on an actual physical brick MOC, when I should've been doing other things. You can tell me if it was worth it. The design (...) (18 years ago, 26-Feb-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
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| | PAB wall updates at BrickBuildr
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| I'd like to thank everyone who updates their local PAB wall inventory on (URL) BrickBuildr.com>. I get a thrill looking at all the bricks available. I don't live anywhere near a LEGO Brand store (about 20 hours by train), but I do know some people (...) (10 years ago, 7-Dec-14, to lugnet.loc.ca, FTX)
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| | PaB selection at Bellevue Square.
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| I went to the LEGO Store in Bel Square today and loaded up. 10 large cups. I got varying quantities of the following items listed in no particular order, with color names where FTX color codes are not available: [LDrawPart 3069b:15]Filled 2 cups (...) (18 years ago, 2-Mar-07, to lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
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| | Re: Hinge wall alignment
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| (...) Believe it or not, I worked some of this out whilst placing sheep. We use a lot of the sheep based on a 2x3 brick, but they all tend to line up in the same direction. So, next time you're building a flock, try this: Place two 1x1 round plates (...) (18 years ago, 19-Feb-07, to lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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| | Re: Hinge wall alignment
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| (...) For the sake of completeness, it's worth to mention this technique not only works for any length, but also for any width of plate/brick. In other words, you're able to slant ? x 2, ? x 4 and so on by mirroring along the diagonal as well, using (...) (18 years ago, 18-Feb-07, to lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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| | Creating 47457.dat 2x2x2/3 Sloped&Rounded [DAT]
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| Finally, my fair (if not terrible) first attempt at part authoring is ready for submission (as soon as parts@ldraw.org lets me). What a learning experience! It took 12 version saves to get "close". And I'm sure there's more to learn after the (...) (20 years ago, 19-Sep-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: My Big Phat RP Parts
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| (...) Thanks, Ben! Coming from you that means a lot! (...) I would also be interested in other people's results/trials. I suppose in a perfect world we could laser scan the parts, but... I don't know how far we in parts.custom want to venture into (...) (20 years ago, 27-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.parts.custom, FTX)
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| | Re: Kevin Loch Memorial
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| (...) Thanks, Dave! It is really good to communicate with you again, after all these years! I have so much I’d like to discuss with you, but above all, I’d like to acknowledge your forward thinking wrt third party brick suppliers- you were (...) (2 months ago, 15-Sep-24, to lugnet.people, FTX)
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| | Kevin Loch Memorial
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| Nevermind the timelapse from my last post; I’m slowly coming back to documenting our club’s activities here on LUGNET. Well, we lost a seminal AFOL this past June: Brickshelf creator, Kevin Loch. I remember back to the days when Brickshelf was THE (...) (2 months ago, 14-Sep-24, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.people, FTX)
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