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Re: SNOT Fractional Offsets
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lugnet.build, lugnet.pirates
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Date:
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Fri, 16 Aug 2002 15:20:55 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Frank Filz writes:
> In lugnet.build, Shaun Sullivan writes:
> > >
> > > 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.
> >
> > 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 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
> > pastthe 1x1, or 0.1 stud! It works!
>
> Don't you have old and new reversed here?
Quite possibly. It's the thicker one that works out right for the 1/10 stud
offset ...
<dr. evil>
I don't know chronologies
</dr. evil>
-s
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