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Re: Elements I'd like to see...
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Mon, 27 Mar 2000 16:34:25 GMT
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Kevin Salm wrote:
> Gender changer plates are also something I would like to see.
> I don't hold out much hope for female-female plates as they would be so thin
> they they might easily break; perhaps these would have to be 1/2 thickness
> rather than 1/3 brick thickness.
Have you looked at the new(ish) Technic half-beams? These are basically
1xN female-female plates, except their height is 1/2 the width of a 1x1
brick.
In LDraw measuring, regular plates are 8LDU tall, 1x bricks are 20LDU
wide. The half beams are 10LDU tall, when you lay them down.
See Technic Liftarm 1x5, Technic Liftarm 1x6,
Technic Liftarm 1x7
If you aren't using the web interface to read this, see
<http://www.lugnet.com/cad/ldraw/parts/ref/search.cgi?q=32017+32063+32065>
Steve
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| (...) Yup, you are correct. I simply forgot about these pieces. I have used them as gender changers in the past, but do not like them much due to the rounded ends. For now, however, that is all we have and I guess I can be happy with that until a (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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