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I have to question calling any of these an "axle joiner". They bear no
resemblance in appearance or function to the basic Technic Axle Joiner
6538, which is actually designed to join two axles together rigidly.
None of these "axle joiner perpendicular" parts joins two axles together
in that manner; they hold one axle rigidly and one loosely (if you put
an axle in the pin hole). And then there's 32039, which can also
functionally be called a "Technic Axle Joiner Perpendicular", and it
joins them rigidly.
So what this taxonomic confusion is telling me is that we need a new
name for this type of part. The Technica database calls them "cross
blocks", which while not a very functional description, is more
distinctive for these clearly related parts (and a lot less wordy). But
since we seem to be striving for functionally descriptive part names
here, I think we need something different.
Let's see. The common element to all these parts is that they have one
or more axle holes perpendicular to one or more pin holes. I think
that's key: axle hole *and* pin hole.
How about having the base part name be "Technic Axle/Pin Joiner
Perpendicular"? That makes it clear that one set of holes is pin holes,
not axle holes. Then each part could be denoted by its size and the
arrangement of the holes.
In article <m24r8kd0e1.fsf@komodo.home.wards.net>,
William R Ward <bill@wards.net> wrote:
> It's also related to 6536 "Technic Axle Joiner Perpendicular" and
> 32291 "Technic Axle Joiner Perpendicular Double". How about "Technic
> Axle Joiner Perpendicular Double (Inline)"?
>
> --Bill.
>
> "Chris Dee" <chris_w_dee@hotmail.com> writes:
> > In lugnet.db.brictionary, Thomas Garrison writes:
> > > Reports are that set 8353 contains this piece
> >
> > http://www.math.purdue.edu/~tgarriso/lego/scans/invPics/42003.jpg
> > > which is clearly related to the Technic Axle Joiner Perpendicular 3L
> >
> > http://guide.lugnet.com/partsref/search.cgi?q=32184
> > > and the confusingly named and oriented Technic Axle Joiner Perpendicular
> > > 3 Long
> >
> > http://guide.lugnet.com/partsref/search.cgi?q=32068
> > > What on Earth should this new one be called? Technic Axle Joiner
> > > Perpendicular 3L with 2 Holes makes some sense, but is wordy (and actually
> > > refers to 2 *pin* holes, although it is usually implicit in existing
> > > taxonomy that a hole not specified as "axlehole" is a pin hole).
> > >
> > > --
> > > TWS Garrison
> > > http://www.math.purdue.edu/~tgarriso/
> > > Remove capital letters in address for direct reply.
> >
> > If we understand that the "perpendicular" in the title indicates that the
> > axle
> > holes and pin holes are always at right angles, then I suggest:
> >
> > 32068 : Technic Axle Joiner Perpendicular 3L - Axle/-/Pin
> > 32184 : Technic Axle Joiner Perpendicular 3L - Axle/Pin/Axle
> > 42003 : Technic Axle Joiner Perpendicular 3L - Axle/Pin/Pin
> >
> > Chris
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