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Re: Can I make a circular plate with 30355s and 30356s?
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Fri, 1 Sep 2000 19:45:56 GMT
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I made one with Belville base and UFO canopy
Check out carousel picture on my website under
"LEGOLAND with western theme park" page.
My LEGO creations site "Allanton NZ" is at
http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/~allanj/
> I want to make a merry-go-round that will use the 14-stud UFO domes as a
> canopy. A calculation assuming that the edge of the wing tapers by an
> integral number of studs says that the angle is just a little over 18 degrees,
> which would mean that 10 pairs wouldn't quite fit together as a circle.
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> But it's also possible that the taper is actually an accurate 18 degrees, and
> the width is not quite integral at the narrow end.
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> If anyone has done a precise measurement, or actually tried making a circle
> like this, please post a reply with what you found out.
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> Other suggested approaches are welcome, too. I have a deal for some 12-stud
> quarter-circle Belville bricks arranged as a fallback.
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| (...) Nice stuff, Allan! I hadn't seen a ferris wheel in that style in so long I'd forgotten they exist: I wound up building the frame out of the Znap that came with the motors I bought at the Toys R Us clearance, to get the circular shape I had in (...) (24 years ago, 2-Sep-00, to lugnet.build)
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| Hi, I want to make a merry-go-round that will use the 14-stud UFO domes as a canopy. A calculation assuming that the edge of the wing tapers by an integral number of studs says that the angle is just a little over 18 degrees, which would mean that (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.build)
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