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(...) That was a help, thanks Larry. I just never had thought of its name before. (...) Yeah, I've got a bunch of those, but I always seem to run out of the black ones... (...) Lucida Console is all I use in discussion groups. But it still wasn't (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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AucZILLA term for this is 2x2 - 1x4 hinge plate (or brick, it also comes in a brick version) (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) like (...) the I've got a couple of what I would call a 2x1 hinge set[1]: ___ _ ___ |___|= _|___| Now, I'm only getting started and don't have a lot of sets, so I could have only gotten them from my Mindstorm RIS, 6572[2], 8222, 8226, 8735, or (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) normally (...) to (...) a (...) 1/3 (...) 2x2 hinge plate? In which set can I see this little monster? I have one like it, but it's a 2x2 plate turntable with fingers. I would also like to see the parts labeled in your ascii diagram, cuz I (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I think so too, but even so, TLG hasn't departed from their module... The loop on the old version was narrow enough that if you put a 1x1 tile on each side, the resulting width was exactly the same as a 1x brick in width.... the new version (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) If no one has said it yet, technic half-beams have sockets that go all the way through them, and are useful for stud entry on both sides. They are slim enough so that the studs from opposing pieces practically touch each other. Another thing (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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Josh Spaulding wrote in message ... (...) I'll take this opportunity to ask if others think the newer 8-tooth gears slide on axles as if they were a worm gear (slight exaggeration). There is very little friction to hold a 8-tooth in place. I am (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) well, an ugly solution would be to use 1x1 Plates w/ Horiz. Side Loop. This causes some problems, though, because the cylindrical part between the opposing studs on the loop won't match the smooth face of the bricks you'll be connecting. (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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I've got a design problem that I'm having a hard time working around - normally I'd just drop the design, but this one has such great possibilities I'd hate to have to do that. I'm building an articulated 3-claw foot, based off of 1x4/2x2 hinge (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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The subject is under discussion in lugnet.build, which I would posit as a better group. The 1x1 with side stud is capable of changing direction in just slightly larger than 1x2 brick space. (it technically takes two of them plus a 1x1 plate) (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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I got a note offline asking about how I do the inset doors on my box cars. They were clear on how to start an offset using 1x2 tiles with center stud, but unclear on how to tie the door back in at the top. here's what I said in response: There are a (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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Joseph Garlicki wrote in message <369A4873.695C@pitt.edu>... (...) Thoroughly impressive! I wish I had more Lego now... Steve ---...--- Why not visit Llegogogoch? (URL) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) A technic beam has the little rods on the bottom, just like any other 1x plate or brick. If you turn the side-stud brick sideways, with the side stud facing up, you can attach it to the bottom of the technic beam so that the little rod goes (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I have a couple of those too (because I bought all the LEGO of a friend whose brother is two years older than me, so he had older LEGO :), but they're so hard to find in my messy organization scheme, that I rarely use them. --Bram Bram (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Beautiful work. This was my first visit to your page. I really like the helicopter. Bob Fay (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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Nice! (...) ++Lar (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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Hello all, I have a new web page up featuring a few of my Lego creations. The most interesting thing there is my Gothic Cathedral II which was over 1 ft high and over 2 1/2 ft long. Some other creations are there as well. My Lego page can be found (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: The virtues of the 1x1 with side stud (was Re: MSP Fest?
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(...) Well, there is the 1x1 brick with 4 side studs. But at times, it would be better to not have the excess studs. And the fact I only have _2_ of them really limits their use. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Can you expand on that a bit? Do you mean by turning the beam sideways?? (...) This is a fascinating topic in its own right. I feel that some wise fundamental decisions early on (actually not even TLG decisions, unless there was a dimension (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: The virtues of the 1x1 with side stud (was Re: MSP Fest?
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(...) course (...) Actually, because the side-stud brick has a hole in the stud, you could center it under a hole on another size technic beam, but it would leave 1/2 brick gaps in your construction somewhere... (...) Th enumber of ways you can (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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