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Re: Does this part exist?
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Wed, 27 Sep 2000 12:45:34 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> As an example of how I can't find parts in our current system, I am asking
> about this part. It probably exists and I missed it.
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> - It is a member of the 2-3 finger hinge system.
> - it has a 3 finger hinge at one end
> - this joins a rod system sized rod which is parallel to the hinge fingers
> (Not bent 90 like the train catenary holder (what a terrible name for a part
> as i have said before, I thought we were changing it))
> - the rod has 6 circumfurential grooves midway up
> - the rod goes about 1.5 studs long then terminates in a hollowhead stud which
> is in the plane perpendicular to the rod direction.
> - if it has a number I could not find (or see, it would have to be pretty
> small) it.
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> I have seen this part in black (fairly common) and red (fairly rare)...
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> I use it in my PCC model to hold the trolley poles (the LDrawn version I did
> uses the train catenary holder with the pole smushed down into it,
> intersecting the solid, to make it look like it's this part... sort of)
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> I looked under hinge and rod but couldn't spot it. that doesn't mean I'm not
> blind.
Larry, its 2433 and under Lever? Kind of wacky I think. Here is a link to
confirm for you.
http://www.lugnet.com/cad/ldraw/parts/ref/search.cgi?q=2433
Hope that helps,
Eric Kingsley
The New England LEGO Users Group
http://www.nelug.org/
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| (...) nor a control, IMNSHO. My point stands, we need better characterisation, better ways to find parts, less reliance on memorization of quirky names and , for goodness sake, less need for memorization of part numbers! ++Lar (26 years ago, 27-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| As an example of how I can't find parts in our current system, I am asking about this part. It probably exists and I missed it. - It is a member of the 2-3 finger hinge system. - it has a 3 finger hinge at one end - this joins a rod system sized rod (...) (26 years ago, 27-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev)
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