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Re: Novice builder needs help!
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Fri, 6 Dec 2002 19:22:11 GMT
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Hi Tommy,
Great start :) Here's my suggestions:
- Go on bricklink.com and buy the technic bricks you need to get the hinge
to lie across the entire spine.
- For the latch, a couple of technic pins and technic bricks or plates should
work :)
Hope this helps :)
-Anne
This one time, Tommy Rainwater wrote:
> Hi gang! I have been working on some "creative packaging" for a gift I am
> giving to a loved one, and I am really banging my head against the wall with
> it. Any suggestions or even totally different design ideas would be welcomed.
>
> I searched some of the building instructions sites, and poured over various
> places trying to find something similar to what I am shooting for, but to no
> avail...
>
> Here's the link to the images of the abomination I have created thus far:
> http://www.thomasrainwater.com/lego_notebook/
>
> .......and Here is what I am trying to do.
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> - Create a notebook, or box style design that I can put photos and a stack
> of half-page (8.5" x 5.5") documents into.
>
> - It would be *nice* if I could figure out a simple, reliable latch, hasp or
> closing mechanism. (Nothing too fancy, just something to keep it shut...)
>
> - I am trying to use the least amount of bricks possible, and I don't want
> to glue anything together, but would still like the thing to be somewhat
> rigid. (A tall order, huh!?)
>
> Some problems I am having with this current design:
> - The cover seems to want to "rack" a bit, as the hinges do not go down the
> entire length of the spine. (Lack of Technic parts)
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> - No reliable way to latch it shut. (Think the closing mechanism on say, a
> diary... sans lock of course.)
>
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
>
> Thanks!
> -Tommy
> "Cogito Ergo Lego"
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