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Re: Raising baseplates
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lugnet.build
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Tue, 20 Oct 1998 03:03:53 GMT
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Okay, I think I see how it works, did you have to tun the bricks far under
the baseplate so you can attach things to it while it's up there. or are the
baseplates sturdy enought to do it?? Thanks for the info.
Larry Andersen wrote in message <362BF986.6C88@earthlink.net>...
<snip what I said earlier>
> I've found that if you allow for a plate thickness for the baseplate it
> works pretty well. All of my monorail is 4 bricks higher than the
> supports. That means that I had to raise the monorail station
> baseplates 4 bricks as well. Here's a rough graphic:
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> ###### <- Plate (2x4)
> ###---------------- <- baseplate (## is a 2x2 plate)
> ###### <- brick
> ###### <- brick
> ###### <- brick
> ###### <- brick
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> The plate on the top connects to the pegs on the baseplate solidifying
> the connection.
>
> Larry A.
Matt Marshall
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| > did you have to tun the bricks far under > the baseplate so you can attach things to it while it's up there. or are the > baseplates sturdy enought to do it?? Thanks for the info. I have done a similar thing with a building I made -- I have a (...) (26 years ago, 20-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
| | | Re: Raising baseplates
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| The basplate sags a might in the middle. I ended up doing what Sean suggests, putting columns under the baseplate. The trick is that nothing actually attaches to the bottom of the baseplate, only the top. That means that only the top plate in my (...) (26 years ago, 21-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| (...) works pretty well. All of my monorail is 4 bricks higher than the supports. That means that I had to raise the monorail station baseplates 4 bricks as well. Here's a rough graphic: ###### <- Plate (2x4) ###---...--- <- baseplate (## is a 2x2 (...) (26 years ago, 20-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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