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RE: Aluminum 2x4 bricks
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lugnet.cad
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Fri, 5 Apr 2002 22:35:17 GMT
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Franklin W. Cain writes:
> In lugnet.general, Bram Lambrecht writes:
> > Since the design I based the part on is based on 1/16" = 4 LDU...
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> Bram,
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> The metric I use is 1 LDU = 1/64". Here's how I derived it.
> The classic 2x4 brick is one and a quarter inches long
> (1.25") and is 80 LDU long. Thus, 80 LDU = 1.25" = 5/4".
> Dividing both sides by 80 gives 1 LDU = 5/320" = 1/64". Hope
> this helps!
Those are the dimensions I did use, Franklin :) However, those
dimensions are NOT accurate to .001 inch. And that discrepancy
apparently makes a significant difference in the connection properties
of the part.
--Bram
Bram Lambrecht
bram@cwru.edu
www.bldesign.org
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| (...) Bram, The metric I use is 1 LDU = 1/64". Here's how I derived it. The classic 2x4 brick is one and a quarter inches long (1.25") and is 80 LDU long. Thus, 80 LDU = 1.25" = 5/4". Dividing both sides by 80 gives 1 LDU = 5/320" = 1/64". Hope this (...) (23 years ago, 5-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad)
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