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Re: Odd brick SNOT
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Mon, 23 Jan 2006 19:34:45 GMT
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In lugnet.build.schleim, Frank Filz wrote:
> Tim Gould wrote:
> > I just discovered a simple technique today for doing odd brick width
> > SNOT, thus getting around the 2 in the 5:2 rule. I couldn't think of
> > having seen it before so maybe it is new (although it seems
> > unlikely). Anyway, I thought I'd share it since I think it's quite
> > handy, especially for six-wide train builders.
> >
> > Odd brick SNOT:
> >
> > This
> > <<http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/timgould/Ideas/oddsnot1.png>>
> >
> > to give this
> > <<http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/timgould/Ideas/oddsnot2.png>>
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> Have you actually tried this out? From the back, I see you have 1x2/1x4
> brackets plugged into the back of washing machine bricks. I think the 2nd
> studs on the brackets will collide with the studs on the top of the washing
> machine bricks (remember, a stud is ever so slightly taller than 1/2 a plate
> thickness).
>
> Frank
Hi Frank,
I hadn't tested it but just did and it works fine. I've never had any trouble
sticking plates into the back of headlight bricks before either. It is probably
because the top of studs is slightly angled thus removing collisions. I'm
constantly reminded that the part designers at Lego are very, very clever.
Tim
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| (...) Ok, yea, a bit of bevel would help a lot (even if it technically isn't quite enough, LEGO can give some to absorb minor imperfections). Of course if they had been very, very, very clever, they would have figured out how to have the stud height (...) (18 years ago, 23-Jan-06, to lugnet.build.schleim)
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| (...) Yep, the studs touch but it works just fine. By the way, this is an awesome technique, and I'll be stealing...er, borrowing...it myself, without a doubt. Derek (18 years ago, 23-Jan-06, to lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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| (...) Have you actually tried this out? From the back, I see you have 1x2/1x4 brackets plugged into the back of washing machine bricks. I think the 2nd studs on the brackets will collide with the studs on the top of the washing machine bricks (...) (18 years ago, 23-Jan-06, to lugnet.build.schleim)
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