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Re: New Service Packs for 1999..
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Tue, 26 Jan 1999 20:53:15 GMT
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On Tue, 19 Jan 1999 18:53:07 GMT, Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote:

2x2 "macaroni" bricks would be great parts to sell in a

I just thought of these. They are great to make rounded corners, but
the structural soundness of the model is less than with overlapping
1x2's. They should make a 1x2 with a rounded-off end, sort of like a
1x1 with half of a 'macaroni' attached to it.

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|oooo| Cheers,
|oooo| Wouter van Wageningen
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  Re: New Service Packs for 1999..
 
(...) Yes, and they'd make for great door edges, allowing for easily opening flush-mounted doors without large gaps. Right now, I'm shaving some 1x2 and 1x3 bricks for this purpose, by beveling a corner so that it's roughly like 1/4 of a 1x1 round (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
  Re: New Service Packs for 1999..
 
You're right. When you try stacking those macaroni bricks, they become very unstable. I usually use only 3 or 4 on top of each other, and then a curved plate on top of that (sort of an overhang). The only stability with these is if you make a light (...) (26 years ago, 28-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)

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