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Re: Half-Stud Offset Building
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Date: 
Sun, 7 Oct 2001 14:48:57 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Erik Olson 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.

Are there other ways to do this without 1x2 center-stud tiles?

I can think of a few things--

1. Various pieces have hollow studs on top. The obvious example being
technic beams, but other things too. You can place these 1/2 stud off when
placed underneath 1x bricks-- although note that the 1x brick must be longer
than the hollow-stud piece.

2. Attach studs to the tube holes in any 2x brick/plate. This is a lot more
useful since it applies to more pieces, although it does give the result of
having an offset front-to-back as well as side to side

3. Similarly, you can use 1x1 round bricks/plates to sit inbetween studs on
a 2x brick plate, which is pretty much the reverse of the above... It also
can create a problem, though, since the connecting plates/bricks aren't
flush with the sides of the inset surface (being rounded)

4. A little more odd, but technic beams' axle holes are typically offset by
a half stud, and also fit studs into them. There's lots of ways to make use
of that, but few are terribly useful, or take up little space :(

That's pretty much all that I can think of offhand... HTH

DaveE



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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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