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Re: Engineering Specs?
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Date: 
Sat, 22 Dec 2001 05:52:12 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?

ACK!  It'd be interesting to find out I guess, but lego ain't cheap,
especially things like technic beams which are rare these days!

I dunno, I think I'd stick to toothpics/popsicle sticks/whatever to actualy
TEST bridge designs...

---SteveR



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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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