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Re: A project suggestion= Let's develop a Theme ourselves....
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lugnet.cad, lugnet.general, lugnet.town
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Sun, 17 Sep 2000 18:55:51 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Frank Filz writes:
> In lugnet.cad, Alex Farlie writes:
> > Perhaps we could have a lock plate at the upper end of 'canal' built using
> > the theme? The problem is then how you suppourt the uuper plates?
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> A cool element would be a 16x16x4 part which is intended to support a
> baseplate. 4 of them of course would be used to support a 32x32 baseplate. The
> part would have a flat top (but it could be lacy to reduce weight, it just
> needs to be strong enough to support a baseplate). The part should be set up
> so a bunch of 2x4 bricks to interlock them (4 plate thicknesses below the top
> surface so the studs don't intefere with the baseplate). The bottom should at
> a minimum have 2x2 tube sections at each corner (and probably one in the
> middle, in fact, having them at the middle of each side would be good). There
> would be webbing between the 2x2 columns to provide bracing.
you mean something like
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|00|\ /|00|
|00| \ / |OO|
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....
00
00 is a 2x2 tubed section...
Agree with you about needing interlocking. - Actaully perhaps 16X16X3 might be
better. Then you could use it other purposes. But I think this might make the
interlocking more difficult to add in? (NB to part authours anbody prepared
to do a mock up of this perosns ideas....?) You could then use 8x8's to put in
the last 2/3 and then use small tiles on top? I am thinking of this becuase
you might want to dismantle the scheme (eventually in the far future ;-) )
> Now that tiles are easy to get, you can build a support relatively easily
> yourself.
I'll try building on MLCAD thanks...
> Another part I would like to see is a 32x32x1.x (or at least 16x32) part which
> basically with a plate sitting on it is a total of 4 plates thick. The part
> would provide support for the plate, thus allowing plates to be used as upper
> floors and whatnot.
Mw too </AOL>
> > or produce a workable lock in between easilly?
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> An easy way to do it would be to basically build an elevator. The lower lock
> gates could be the large wooden doors used in Ninja, or a new part. The upper
> gates would be just a couple bricks high. The elevator unit would have the
> lower part of the upper gates simulated, and would of course have the hinge
> points for the doors, plus the elevator mechanism. The elevator should be
> cranked by a windlass type arangement which sticks up through a hole on the
> walkway beside the lock (and of course actually represents the gate operating
> machinery - I think the gates are often opened by some kind of wheel or
> windlass, at least on smaller locks if I remember from my childhood).
OF course this assume UK or at least european style locks.
A pure design using only exsiting parts might,on a dry system
be to use 2 16x1 technic sterring racks to form an incline and mount a
platform on axles that rest on the rack? You would still need strings but at
least ITIW (I think it would ) not need new parts.
Again I probably need to draw this in MLCAD to explain it!!!
Alex
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> Frank
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