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Re: Engineering Specs?
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lugnet.build
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Sat, 22 Dec 2001 05:41:42 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Mark Neumann writes:
> I was talking to a co-worker, an engineer, and he asked me about engineering
> specs on Lego. I've looked around a little bit but haven't found anything.
> See he wants to build bridges and such to see what kind of load he can put
> on it. So anyway, does any one know these things? Things like how much
> foot/pounds of shearing action do you have to apply to a friction pin before
> it fractures. Does anyone do torture testing of Lego to see what it's made
> of, so to speak?
why not try it and find out?
Since you don't use just one pin in a bridge, it rapidly becomes more
complicated than a single number. You might want to test a 1x16 technic beam
first, they shear pretty easily (like if you step on the bridge easily)
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| (...) I my co-worker wants to buy Lego and bust them up, he can go for it. I've been telling him to do just that, and stay away from mine. (...) Well, this is where it gets kind of complicated doesn't it? Look how Lego links Technic beams together (...) (23 years ago, 22-Dec-01, to lugnet.build)
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| I was talking to a co-worker, an engineer, and he asked me about engineering specs on Lego. I've looked around a little bit but haven't found anything. See he wants to build bridges and such to see what kind of load he can put on it. So anyway, does (...) (23 years ago, 22-Dec-01, to lugnet.build)
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