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(...) Wow, that's clever. Nice work! So I am wondering if it is even possible to go smaller. The geometric ratio seems to suggest not, but then I keep thinking that's the smallest you can go and someone goes smaller. (21 years ago, 28-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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In lugnet.build.schleim, Mark Riley wrote: <snip> (...) Bram and I were discussing this and we had both came up with this modification. If you take 4 1x1 tiles and put them end on into one of the 2x2 tiles you can use them to attach the tile to the (...) (21 years ago, 28-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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(...) Yeah, I've tried that technique before (for a different project) and noticed the same gap. How about using a small bit of flex tubing inside a bit of pneumatic tubing like so: (URL) No gap: (URL) And, it's still technically 100% Lego, though I (...) (21 years ago, 27-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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(...) Heh, that's what I get for toying around and calling "done" the first thing that worked. :) I hadn't even thought of that until just now, but yeah, could easily reduce that mess of 5 pieces down to a single 1x1 with side studs on its side... (...) (21 years ago, 27-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.schleim)
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(...) It doesn't quite work. The flange on the stud-pin leaves a gap between the brick and the lower tile. (21 years ago, 27-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.schleim)
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My challenge was even more challenging: building a die with smooth tiles on all six sides. You may have missed it when I announced it on Fri, 21 Nov 2003 (I didn't know there was a schleim-newsgroup). I started with a 9x9x9 die, very soon followed (...) (21 years ago, 27-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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(...) (URL) sturdy. --Bram (21 years ago, 27-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.schleim)
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(...) I actually didn't think I would be able to do it but I stumbled upon this configuration for a 2x2, smooth cube with four pieces. (URL) Nathan (21 years ago, 27-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.schleim)
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Greetings .spacers, I would like to present my entry to the P-38 Contest. Please find a comfortable chair. Whateverly Labs has produced the PP 1444 X under contract to Improbable Industries. The propulsion system is, unfortunately, classified at (...) (21 years ago, 27-Mar-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) OK...got it...but I don't feel like LDrawing anymore :P (...) whoops... and 4 x 4x6 plate --Bram (21 years ago, 27-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.schleim)
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