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Subject:	More accurate hand? (was Re: Work-in-progress improved minifig arm)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.cad.dat.parts
Date:	Mon, 29 Apr 2002 23:14:25 GMT
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I wonder if it would be worth it to re-make the minifig hands too. The hand should tilt away from the hand "stem" at an angle of about 15 degrees. Right now, to get the correct angle of the hand to the arm, the hand has to be tilted so the solids intersect. What are anyone else's thoughts on this? --Ryan amateur radio call sign: kb1fob website: http://home.ifriendly.com/~fourfarrs/home.htm

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		Re: More accurate hand? (was Re: Work-in-progress improved minifig arm)
Sorry, all, :] I forgot Steve Bliss already briefly mentioned redoing the hand, so ignore anything in my post that sounds like I'm the only one who ever thought of it. :) But since the arm has now gotten attention from Chris Dee (thanks, Chris!), I (...) (23 years ago, 29-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)

		Re: More accurate hand? (was Re: Work-in-progress improved minifig arm)
(...) Yes, we definitely need a new hand. In addition to the hand to stem angle, we also need to fix the origin to make sense, like being along the axis of wrist rotation. -- Tony Hafner www.hafhead.com (23 years ago, 30-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)

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		Re: Work-in-progress improved minifig arm
Congratulations Chris, This is a tremendous improvement. I wonder whether interior is really necessary. Personally I would be satisfied with a better-than-current exterior. May be the cost in display time is negligeable compared to a whole minifig. (...) (23 years ago, 28-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)

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