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Re: Half-Stud Offset Building
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Sun, 7 Oct 2001 09:43:01 GMT
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"Erik Olson" <olsone@spamcop.net> writes:
> This feels like a kind of dark side (painting or cutting bricks) but I've
> just crossed over to using half-stud offset techniques.
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> Are there other ways to do this without 1x2 center-stud tiles?
Yes - the other way that I know of requires a piece with a hollow
stud, and a 1x tile or brick. Tiles and bricks have "posts" which go
between the studs normally. However they are the same diameter as the
holes in hollow stud pieces (the 1x2 center-stud tile being a prime
example, which enables you to make a 1x2 hinge). Other hollow stud
bricks include the 75 degree (3 high) slope pieces, inverse slope
pieces, 1x1 cylinders, etc. This technique is limited because there
are so few pieces with the hollow studs you would need, but in the
right situation it can be extremely handy.
Another approach is to insert any type of stud into the bottom of a
brick (or plate) but to have the studs go into the cylinders inside
the bottom of the brick. This has the extra advantage of joining the
pieces together more firmly than conventional building techniques.
For example take a 1x2 and a 2x3 and put them together with the 1x2
centered. This gives you a half-stud setback in two dimensions, which
may or may not be useful. Of course, the piece underneath can't have
any "neighbors" because their studs would interfere; so you have to
surround it by tiles if you need to have pieces next to it.
Since the 1x2 center-stud tiles don't have (IME) as much "gription" as
ordinary studs, I sometimes insert them into the cylinder on the
bottom of a brick or plate. This provides a half-stud offset in only
one direction, because the 1x2 tile negates the offset in the other
direction.
A final technique requires a special piece that was common in the
Classic Space sets of the 1980's. It consists of a 1x2 plate with two
attachments each of which is a 1x1x2/3 cylinder, mounted 1/2 stud
offset on either end. If that description has your head itching,
here's a picture of a model I made for Paul Hartzog's "hover thing"
contest. The legs (also vertical thrust nozzles) are made with this
part:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=6339
Hope this helps!
--Bill.
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William R Ward bill@wards.net http://www.wards.net/~bill/
(formerly known as hermit@bayview.com)
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| Thanks, Bill, David, I'm trying some of these other pieces. hollow stud tops: In general there is the problem that the piece on top must be longer. I guess I could insert flat-topped support where the top pieces must meet. extreme slopes: These (...) (23 years ago, 7-Oct-01, to lugnet.build)
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| This feels like a kind of dark side (painting or cutting bricks) but I've just crossed over to using half-stud offset techniques. Are there other ways to do this without 1x2 center-stud tiles? Some have used them to create half-stud setbacks or (...) (23 years ago, 7-Oct-01, to lugnet.build)
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