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Re: Looking for dimensions of LEGO bricks.
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Mon, 25 May 2009 18:50:04 GMT
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Michael Horvath wrote:

IIRC, *real* Lego parts use Imperial units, so converting to/measuring
using the metric system will involve lots of decimal places.

YRW :-)

In a book of LEGO history I read, it was explicitely stated that the
original inch based measures were changed to mm. I don't remember which
year, but it was a long time ago. The distance between two studs is 8 mm.

--
Anders Isaksson, Sweden
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  Re: Looking for dimensions of LEGO bricks.
 
(...) I tried the experimental approach, built a long line of 23 x Technic beams 16 assembled with plates and measure the total length: 2937mm With 8mm distance between studs, the theoretical value is 2944mm, error is -0.23% With 5/16" distance (...) (15 years ago, 26-May-09, to lugnet.cad)

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  Re: Looking for dimensions of LEGO bricks.
 
(...) IIRC, *real* Lego parts use Imperial units, so converting to/measuring using the metric system will involve lots of decimal places. -Mike (15 years ago, 25-May-09, to lugnet.cad)

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