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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 (...) (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX) !
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(...) 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)
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(...) 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)
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(...) 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)
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(...) I’m curious about the “studs-out” orientation as well. Either up-down or left-right (front-back). Each has their own particular spatial geometry, when talking about Lego brick. It would be help if you did something like the following (...) (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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"Jason J Railton" <j.j.railton@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:IByEKH.12Ln@lugnet.com... (...) 1x4 ***Technic*** plate?? What part # is that?? I have not come across a piece described as such in the catalog. Cheers ... Geoffrey Hyde (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.schleim)
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(...) There's a whole category devoted to them on Bricklink: (URL) (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.schleim)
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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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(...) My best idea for doing this flush in a 1-brick thick wall is to make a line of headlight bricks, if you can get enough in brown. You alternate one upright, one face down, one upright, one face down, all pushed together. If the last one is (...) (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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