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Re: Announcing my newly completed website
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Fri, 23 Oct 1998 20:24:05 GMT
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Louise Belles wrote in message ...
> good morning,
> I resolved a building difficulty which would also work to stabalize a
> pyramid. I wanted the roof of my train station to be durable enough to • remove
> in one piece. I reinforced the underside of the roof with narrow plates • which
> spanned the entire length and width of the roof line. It worked so well • that
> it was not needed on every row. The corners proved to be the critical • spots.
> If you are really going big, you could add supports up from the baseplate • that
> would tie at critical points. My system is probably overbuilt, but I've • been
> married to a structural engineer for 20 years, does it show ;)
> ohh- a great pyramid with chambers, I like it. I have found some • great
> (an reasonably priced) books on Eygpt at the used book stores. I became
> interested in learning more while reading the Amelia Peabody mysteries by
> Elizabeth Peters. She does such great descriptions, I could probably build • a
> scene from the book.
> Make it a good day.
> Louise
I hear you, one of my ex's, Donna (sister of RTLer Denny who doesn't post
much these days) is a Structural engineer now. While she was living with
me, she was in the last 2 semesters of her Civil Engineering program, taking
concrete and steel design. She explained the basics of structural design to
me and criticized my models if they weren't structurally sound. Most of my
buildings are constructed in very similar manner to real castles and
cathedrals. I have had good luck building 'laminated beams' using 2xn
plates stacked to brick height to form long beams. They work well in
tension for holding long models together, but don't work to well with a
shear force in the middle of the beam.
The great pyramid with internal chambers is going to be a long term goal. I
would like to build it to minifig scale which would have to absolutely huge.
Someday I will get there.
Matthew Verdier
"You can't just say you're King because some watery tart threw a sword at
you"
Dennis, 700 AD
http://www.GeoCities.com/CapeCanaveral/2738/mjvlego.html
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