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Re: 1/4th stud offsets.......
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Mon, 20 May 2002 14:20:51 GMT
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In lugnet.build, David VinZant writes:
I was wondering if anyone else has come up with a good way to do 1/4th stud
offsets. Normaly an offset is done with this part.

http://guide.lugnet.com/partsref/search.cgi?q=3794

And that gets you half a stud. Since LEGO parts seem to always fit together
so nicely its hard to get a minute offset. I can up with a way that I was
happy with and worked in the small space of a LEGO train.

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=17119

So if anyone has come up with a good way to do a 1/4th stud offset I would
love to see what you came up with.

I'd say your way is pretty good! That's a clever idea, taking half the
offset on each side that way.

People have also demonstrated 1/5 stud offsets as well, (IIRC Gianluca
Morelli did I think), so using these two together it ought to be possible to
demonstrate a 1/20th!!! (the difference between a 1/4 and a 1/5)

Wow.



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When I first decided to do this progect. I was thinking it would be harder to do. But to get the idea of what I did, I made a 5 and half wide section. Then offset that to the train car. And that is how the 1/4th stud offset was accomplished. All (...) (22 years ago, 20-May-02, to lugnet.build)

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I was wondering if anyone else has come up with a good way to do 1/4th stud offsets. Normaly an offset is done with this part. (URL) that gets you half a stud. Since LEGO parts seem to always fit together so nicely its hard to get a minute offset. I (...) (22 years ago, 20-May-02, to lugnet.build)

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