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Re: Have you ever warped or broken parts?
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In lugnet.build, John J. Ladasky, Jr. writes:
> Hi there,
>
> I've started to construct things I would never imagined • building as a kid --
> things that might strain or even break parts. I've • seen some examples of these
> types of building on various AFOL web pages, and • perhaps so have you.
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> For example, I've built a 45-degree, 7-stud brick wall • that runs across the
> diagonal described by going five studs over and five • down. Several of the
> standard Lego octagonal plates have a 5 X 5 cutout at • the edge, such as...
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> http://www.lugnet.com/cad/ldraw/parts/ref/search.cgi?q= • 6106
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> ...and this is a nice way to make a wall that covers • that space. I've found
> that Ed Boxer built this same wall for his Crown • Cathedral model.
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> http://www.geocities.com/~edboxer/crown.html
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> We both seem happy enough with it. I've also built a • 14-stud long wall that
> spans the space covered by going ten studs over and ten • studs down. What's the
> big deal? Well, the math says that we have to be • stretching the parts to make
> these constructions work. The actual distance between • a point (0,0) and point
> (5,5) is the square root of 50, which is not seven. • It's about 7.071. That
> means that the bricks used to cover that diagonal must • be stretching, though by
> just a bit. The 14-stud wall should actually be 14.142 • studs long.
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> I know it's possible to warp a plate -- I have a warped • 4 X 6 plate from some
> used parts I inherited. I have no idea how it got that • way.
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> Moving on to potentially more serious consequences: • I've started to build models
> that put quite a bit of weight on hinge bricks, • turntables, and hinge plates.
> In one case, I have two plates, tilted somewhat to form • a dihedral angle, that
> meet on a knife-edge. To be sure, it's a fairly long • knife-edge, but the model
> is heavy.
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> Eric Harshbarger described destroying some parts when • he was experimenting with
> his grandfather clock.
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> http://www.ericharshbarger.org/lego/clock.html
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> He describes breaking the chain parts, which is not • really so surprising. I'm
> really more interested in the kinds of things that • resulted in, for example, a
> broken gear, and a Technic axle getting twisted to the • point of unusability:
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> http://www.ericharshbarger.org/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?clock_ • 4.jpg+lego/images/clock
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> How far can you push Lego go before it begs for mercy? • Share your war stories!
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> --
> John J. Ladasky Jr., Ph.D.
> Department of Structural Biology
> Stanford University Medical Center
> Stanford, CA 94305
here's one for the record books : lego death by
photography! the last image on the craigo-lego page of
my site :
http://community-2.webtv.net/anonymouseye/craigolego/
... was taken after a long night of scanning on the un-air-conditioned
third floor of a building in macon, ga in 90 degree july heat. the weird
lighting effect was achieved by shining a 75 watt bulb directly into the
scanner behind the models, the scanner glass was pretty hot after spending
a few hours making other images and combined with everything else, melted
half a 1x3 brown plate and half of the black hinge in the orange dragonfly.
the trans orange grille tile which was connected to the melted end of the
1x3 was unharmed. i still have the half melted 1x3, but lost the hinge
somewhere.
later ~ craig~
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