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| | | (...) normally (...) to (...) a (...) 1/3 (...) 2x2 hinge plate? In which set can I see this little monster? I have one like it, but it's a 2x2 plate turntable with fingers. I would also like to see the parts labeled in your ascii diagram, cuz I (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | | | | Re: 60 degree problem —Steven Vore
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| | | | (...) like (...) the I've got a couple of what I would call a 2x1 hinge set[1]: ___ _ ___ |___|= _|___| Now, I'm only getting started and don't have a lot of sets, so I could have only gotten them from my Mindstorm RIS, 6572[2], 8222, 8226, 8735, or (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | | | | | Re: 60 degree problem —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | AucZILLA term for this is 2x2 - 1x4 hinge plate (or brick, it also comes in a brick version) (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | | | | | Re: 60 degree problem —Tom McDonald
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| | | | | (...) That was a help, thanks Larry. I just never had thought of its name before. (...) Yeah, I've got a bunch of those, but I always seem to run out of the black ones... (...) Lucida Console is all I use in discussion groups. But it still wasn't (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | | | | | | Re: 60 degree problem —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) Whoops, this is not what I thought. Typing too fast. If this is 2 plates, one with 2 fingers and one with 3 fingers on the end, which coupled together take the same space as a 1x5 plate would, these are "two finger" and "three finger" hinges. (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | | | | | | | Re: 60 degree problem —Steven Vore
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| | | | | | | (...) Bingo! I'm not going nuts.[1] Thanks for the follow-up. I'll let you & Todd battle out the subtlies of "hinge" vs. "plate w/hinge fingers" :-) 1 - at least, not as far as Lego naming goes :-) -- Steven | svore at mindspring .com | kf4fbk | (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: 60 degree problem —Steven Vore
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| | | | | | | | and then Steven learned more about Acuzilla and it's part naming, and life was much better... 1x2 Plates w/ 2 End Hinge Fingers (URL) Plates w/ 3 End Hinge Fingers (URL) I'm a freakin' genius now, eh? :-) -- -Steven | Smile, Mickey's Watching | TDC (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | | | | | | | Re: 60 degree problem —Todd Lehman
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| | | | | | (...) I thought they were called 1x2 Plate w/ 2 Hinge Fingers 1x2 Plate w/ 3 Hinge Fingers there... If something is a 3-finger hinge, wouldn't it mean that it's a [full] hinge that has 3 fingers [total]? Say, speaking of which, Joshua once told me (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | | | | | | | Re: 60 degree problem —Fredrik Glöckner
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| | | | | | | (...) This is true. My two copies of 8846 Tow Truck has these. They tended to break pretty easily, so it's a nice thing they were substituted. (URL) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: 60 degree problem —Bram Lambrecht
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| | | | | | | | | (...) I have two of these also (in red) from an Expert Builder (?) helicopter which I bought form a friend along with the rest of his LEGO. --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | | | | | | | | hinges and bevel gears, was Re: 60 degree problem —Gregor Benedikt Rochow
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| | | | | | | | (...) transmission[1]), in red. On the new kind, though, the round recess in the fingers get their edges bent out when the mating round raised is slid past when disassembling. The same thing happens, slightly less so, with the 4-wide hinged roof (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | | | | | | | | | z14 bevel gears (was Re: hinges and bevel gears, was Re: 60 degree problem —Robert Munafo
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| | | | | | | | Okay, I'll bite -- how do you get 7/6 to be anywhere close to SQRT(3)? 7/6 is 1.167, and SQRT(3) is 1.732. Is there an additional 2:3 ratio hidden inside the "8880 transmission"? Also, I'm having a little trouble figuring out how the transmission (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: z14 bevel gears (was Re: hinges and bevel gears, was Re: 60 degree problem —Gregor Benedikt Rochow
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| | | | | | | | (...) the (...) No, I just failed to mention that I gear down by 2, then up by 7/6; which is quite close with 1.714. Both have the same center distance, which is extremely helpful with the 8880 setup. (...) and (...) Yes it is. Why it is spread I (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | | | | | | | Re: 60 degree problem —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) Ya, Ya, Ya... I was typing fast and working from memory. You're right. I was close enough, though. ++Lar (in Walnut IA!) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | | | | | Re: 60 degree problem —Steven Vore
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| | | | Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <369C11DD.CA28C5D8@v...er.net>... (...) "2x2 - 1x4"? Hmmmm. Either we're talking about slightly different things or I'm not understanding the naming convention.[1] Each part of what I've got is one dot deep, two (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | | | | | Re: 60 degree problem —Terry Keller
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| | | | (...) Try 4275 and 4276. I believe this is what your ascii art is. Also look at 4531. Larry is probably talking about 2429 and 2430 - closed, these form a 2x2, open they form a 1x4. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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