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Re: Elements I'd like to see...
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Mon, 27 Mar 2000 17:28:57 GMT
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Gary, I'm not interested to start my own "Customize brick compagnie" ;-)
But I can tell the Lego community how I do it. Customize theses bricks
is not something easy but, I'm sure if you use the right tool, and if
you realy take the time to be carefull, you can do it by yourself.
I scrapped few brick before I got a nice result.
-First, I found a "U" shape metal railing 24 mm large inside like this ¦____¦
(the size of the brick) by at least 10 mm high
-Then I cut it at 45 degrees
-Inside the railing, I instaled a "stopper" at exactly 32 mm from the longer
size and 8 mm from the shorter size
-I place the brick into the railing
-I hold it with my index finger
-Using a disk sanding bench tool with a very fine paper (120) I sand the brick
until it reach the railing. If you dont have a sander, a small saw (or Exacto
knife) with as much teet per inch as possible (32 or more) and use a sand
paper todo the "fine tuning"
You can do both brick (left and right) with the same railing, just rotate
the brick.
After both side are made, I clip them up-side-down under a big 1x4x8 brick
to verify if they join perfectly. Sometime, they need to be re-touch.
To glue them, in the same position under the 1x4x8 brick, I carefully spread
A.B.S. plubing glue under (specialy inside the cylinder of the brick) and let
it dry for at least 24h. If you have some "O" ring who fit around the cylinder
under the brick, it make the join stronger. Using another type of glue can
damage and/or discolore the brick.
Good luck! (excuse my english)
In lugnet.dear-lego, Gary R. Istok writes:
> Wow, Stephane, can I send you some 4x3 bricks to customize? I could have used • 12
> of those in red in my new Cathedral. You could start a LEGO Customizing • Service!
>
> Gary Istok
>
> Stephane Pilon wrote:
>
> > Hi everybody,
> >
> > I made my own low slope inside corner by carrefully
> > cutting 2 4X3 low slope diagonally, starting at the top
> > right corner, then the right stud (in the middle) going
> > down and finished 8 mm from the bottom left side (1 brick
> > large). For the other one, it's the same except it's left to
> > right. I used A.B.S. plumbing glue and I got a pretty nice result.
> >
> > Here a little exemple: (Excuse it, pretty tough to do it with text
> > editor)
> > ___________________ Start at the corner
> > I /I
> > I O O O O I Cut in the middle of stud
> > I____________ / I
> > I / I O I
> > I / I I
> > I / I O I
> > I_____ / I I
> > 8 mm I I O I
> > 8 mm I I I
> > I_______I___I
> >
> > Is this a sacrilege to modify the Lego brick?
> > This could be a interrestig debate!
> >
> > Stephane...
> >
> > "I did'nt play with lego, I express my creativity" Yeah right!
> >
> > In lugnet.dear-lego, Gary R. Istok writes:
> > >
> > >
> > > James Brown wrote:
> > >
> > > > In lugnet.dear-lego, Robert M. Dye writes:
> > > > > Gender changers...and no, I don't mean more wigs for the minifigs.
> > > > >
> > > > > What I would like would be plates with studs on both sides...so that we
> > > > > could make round windows out of the arches, and then some kind of brick • with
> > > > > recesses on both sides, so we could integrate the who thing back into • the
> > > > > other pieces.
> > > >
> > > > Since the topic has come up again...I'd like to see:
> > > >
> > > > Inverse corners, roof peak ends, roof peak joiners, and roof peak corners • for
> > > > the low-sloped bricks.
> > > >
> > > > Ditto for the steep sloped corners.
> > > >
> > > > Pieces for changing roof pitch - mostly corners and inverse corners. I'd • love
> > > > to see a 3x2 corner slope (actually two - one for left and right) that is • low-
> > > > sloped on one side, and medium sloped on the other!
> > > >
> > > > James
> > > > http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
> > > > I'm getting paid for this --> Alladvantage.com
> > > > Sign up via me, the reference $$ go to fund Lugnet.
> > >
> > > James, we must be reading from the same wish list. I like your answers! • I
> > would
> > > add to the sloped bricks, inside (concave) corner bricks in extreme and low • slope
> > > sizes (along with the needed peaks and peak connectors). I would also like • to
> > see
> > > a 1x1 brick that is half of a "half pyramid" brick (a quarter pyramid). • I've
> > > found a need for these in the past.
> > >
> > > Also here are a few additional items:
> > >
> > > Macaroni (quarter circle) bricks without that darn notch of missing • plastic.
> > I
> > > realize you need these when attaching to a baseplate, but back in 1956 when • they
> > > started with the macaroni bricks, they sold a parts pack that had them with • and
> > > without that notch (I have this pack - it also contains very rare 1/2 • circle
> > > bricks (2 macaroni bricks together) also with and without the notch. • Apparently
> > > TLC discontinued these other pieces by 1958. But that is a pity, because
> > > everytime I look at some of TLC's master builders buildings, I find the • macaroni
> > > brick columns very noticeable and unsightly. If TLC made the macaroni • bricks
> > > without the notches (in addition to the current ones), you could build a
> > > smokestack or lighthouse, or one thick column, all without those unsightly • holes
> > > all over the structure. On a similar note, I also think that the large 4x4
> > > quarter circle brick would also be great with and without the notches.
> > >
> > > On an earlier idea, I think that newr LEGO windows that fit comfortably • within
> > the
> > > LEGO arches would be great. Especially for 1x4, 2x6 and 2x8 arches.
> > >
> > > Another idea I would love to see implemented would be to have TLC create a • few
> > > pointed Gothic type arches. Say a 1x2x4 and a 1x2x6, and maybe even a new • size
> > > 1x3x8). All the current arches are really great, but more Romanesque in • style
> > > than Gothic.
> > >
> > > And finally, I would like to see TLC reintroduce the old 1x1x1 white LEGO • letters
> > > and numbers bricks. They were really great back when they were available • in
> > the
> > > '58-'72 timeframe (possibly until later). And while I'm on this tangent, I • know
> > > that LEGO Dacta sells 4x4 white tiles with huge letters and numbers on • them.
> > It
> > > would be nice to have a regular LEGO pack with smaller letters and numbers • on
> > 2x2
> > > white tiles.
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| Wow, Stephane, can I send you some 4x3 bricks to customize? I could have used 12 of those in red in my new Cathedral. You could start a LEGO Customizing Service! Gary Istok (...) (24 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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