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  Re: More studs in holes...
 
Todd Lehman writes : (...) Interesting. I tend to measure pieces in terms of plate heights, but I have almost the same measurements. Except that the stud height is NOT equal to half the plate height. I discovered that last night and I'm still (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.build)
 
  Re: More studs in holes...
 
Jonathan Perret <jperret@cybercable.fr> wrote in message <snip> (...) Yes, it is seemingly impossible at the beginning but I've seen a 8880 instruction error related to a 1x1 technic brick with hole, and I still don't have any clue how a 3D CAD (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.build)
 
  Re: More studs in holes...
 
(...) The consistency in instruction styles from the mid to late 70's onwards through until now makes me wonder about this. They couldn't have been using a CAD system them (surely? far too expensive) so they'd have been done by draughts[wo]men, and (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.build)
 
  Re: More studs in holes...
 
(...) The errors I see are definitely impossible with a 3D CAD system. Except an _extremely_ buggy one. On the other hand, such errors are also highly unlikely to appear in hand-drawn graphics. Glaring perspective errors would have been noticed by (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.cad)
 
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  Instruction bloopers (was: Re: More studs in holes...)
 
(...) Eek. It's like the black gear rack is partially transparent or something. How about this: In the version that I have of the instruction manual for set 8440, page 31 (that's in the alternative model) the parts list for step 8 is duplicated. The (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Instruction bloopers (was: Re: More studs in holes...)
 
Either 6061 or 6062 has a blooper in the instructions. I remember having a copy with the error, another copy with the error that included a white sheet showing the correction, and yet another copy with no error. When I dig it up, I will let you (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)

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