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Subject: 
butt-to-butt connections
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lugnet.build, lugnet.build.schleim
Date: 
Mon, 14 Feb 2005 15:20:48 GMT
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I’m soliciting solutions to a not-unfamiliar SNOT-construction quandry:

What’s the best way to attach brown bricks butt-end to butt-end (the ends opposite the studs) securely, using only brown pieces that are readily available (i.e. available in quanitity on Bricklink)?

The best solution I’ve come up with is to use these pieces periodically:



and then the two halves are secured together with some cross beams.

Any other ideas? The goal is to have a smooth surface on top, so the delicious technic plate (e.g. part 4263) mated to two 2x2 L-shaped plates (part 2420) won’t work as the technic plates have rounded edges. Technic pins leave little gaps, and 1x1 bricks with 3 studs aren’t produced in brown yet (are they?). Soooooo, let the brainstorming begin!

.s



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  Re: butt-to-butt connections
 
(...) In how large or small a space are you hoping to accomplish this reversal? I have an idea, but it might not fit in the scale you're envisioning. Dave! (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
  Re: butt-to-butt connections
 
(...) WHOOSH... this lower half just flew over my head. I'm not very clear on exactly what you want here. But I followed your question. Have you tried log (both 1 x 2 and 1 x 4) bricks with 2L technic rods shoved up and attached to each other (...) (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
  Re: butt-to-butt connections
 
(...) What do you mean by 'on top'? Are these butt-to-butt bricks supposed to form a flat surface, or upright walls with the studs facing out left and right, or a vertical wall with studs up and down? Can you handle sticking-out bits or studs on one (...) (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
  Re: butt-to-butt connections
 
In lugnet.build, Shaun Sullivan wrote: Prompted by this thread, I went back and did some further fiddling with my bricks. It turns out that the skeleton arms fit neatly in next to the tubing at the bottom of a brick- any brick, and the other half (...) (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)

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