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Re: SNOT Fractional Offsets
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lugnet.build, lugnet.pirates
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Fri, 16 Aug 2002 15:03:36 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Shaun Sullivan writes:
> In lugnet.build, Paul Hanson writes:
> > > >
> > > > (2) Is it possible to make these offsets (0.5, 0.1, 0.3) without the use of
> > > > 1x2 center-stud tiles? I'm trying to think if there's a small brick or
> > > > piece that serves the same role as the 1x1 side stud headlight piece, but
> > > > with a 1/10 stud offset instead of 1/5.
> >
> > Try this part (http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/4081a). I seem to remember
> > someone using it for a 1/10 stud offset in a 2-wide train car. There are 2
> > versions of this part, and I think the difference is in the thickness of the
> > center ring, which would affect how it would be used.
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> I checked these out last night. The new version, with the thin center ring,
> results in a flush surface. That is, the center ring is 1/2 plate thick, so
> that a tile on either side ends up flush with the 1x1 plate.
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> The old ones, however, have a center ring that is the same thickness as a
> plate. As a result, there is still 0.75 plate thicknesses on either side of
> the center ring. Therefore, a tile attached here projects 1/4 of a plate past
> the 1x1, or 0.1 stud! It works!
Don't you have old and new reversed here?
Frank
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| (...) I checked these out last night. The new version, with the thin center ring, results in a flush surface. That is, the center ring is 1/2 plate thick, so that a tile on either side ends up flush with the 1x1 plate. The old ones, however, have a (...) (22 years ago, 16-Aug-02, to lugnet.build, lugnet.pirates)
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