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Re: 99-03 Voting: Quick Comments
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Thu, 13 May 1999 07:55:58 GMT
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On Thu, 13 May 1999 06:12:18 GMT, Joshua Delahunty
<dulcaoin@alumni.cse.ucsc.edu> wrote:
> Steve Bliss wrote:
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> > On Wed, 12 May 1999 04:21:10 GMT, Joshua Delahunty
> > <dulcaoin@alumni.cse.ucsc.edu> wrote:
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> > > Steve Bliss wrote:
> > > > 3705C01.DAT (Technic Axle 4 Threaded):
> > > > - Why the C01 suffix? This doesn't appear to be a compound part...
> > > > 3737C01.DAT (Technic Axle 10 Threaded):
> > > > - Ditto
> > >
> > > This was a numbers group suggestion. These only come in 7xxxx codes
> > > (and hence, only in black), but Terry really wanted to release them
> > > color-16. Rather than use 3-digit codes for this, we based them off the
> > > codes for the non-threaded version of each axle, so they'd group
> > > nicely. Plus, from a certain point of view, these ARE regular items
> > > that have been modified, and so fit in the new C grouping (since we only
> > > have P and C); much as a chromed item is a normal element that's had
> > > something special done to it.
> >
> > Rilly? Those axles were machined after they were molded, to add the
> > threads? Cool.
That is the same question I had about the construction. :-)
And I liked Joshua's logic about the number. It groups them numerically very
nicely, and saves using 3-digit #'s, so why not?
> I wish I knew for a _fact_ that this is (was) the case, but I can't say
> so with any certainty.
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> I would suppose that using an existing mold to create an axle, and then
> cutting threads into the element, makes a lot more sense than trying to
> create an exact mold with threads included...
I would think so - without actually seeing the piece.
> (Then again, a mold had to be created for the nut element as well,
> so...)
Why not run a tap through the molded nut to make the threads? Same idea as
cutting the axle.
-- Terry K --
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| (...) Coz they didn't? The nut is a unique part, as far as I can tell. It is round, and ribbed on the outside (ribs parallel to the axle), and I've never seen a part that could be machined down to make it. (well, not easily, you could probably (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) I wish I knew for a _fact_ that this is (was) the case, but I can't say so with any certainty. I would suppose that using an existing mold to create an axle, and then cutting threads into the element, makes a lot more sense than trying to (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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