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  Re: [Building FAQ] What are the dimensions and aspect ratios of LEGO(r) bricks?
 
Hi Sproat, (...) Thanks :) (...) No. I don't like to get the english system involved. But if someone needed one they could try converting 1mm= 2.666...6667LD to english. When I do it I get 1 inch = 67.7333...3334LD (Yuck). You could also look at (...) (25 years ago, 22-Aug-99, to lugnet.faq)
 
  Re: [Building FAQ] What are the dimensions and aspect ratios of LEGO(r) bricks?
 
(...) These are both great additions, thanks! :-, Adam, do you have an inch <-> LDU conversion constant as well? Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.faq)
 
  Re: autoFAQpost /general/~u.can_i_use_lugnet_name_or_logo.en.faq
 
(...) I just saw "KPNQwest" in the headlines and it reminded me... Another reason the capitalization "LUGNet" is icky is because it has a higher chance of being mispronounced similar to "PSINet" and other similar names. If you remember those PSINet (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.faq)
 
  Re: [Building FAQ] What are the dimensions and aspect ratios of LEGO(r) bricks?
 
I have added a general conversion for mm to LD units. Robert Munafo <munafo@gcctechNO.SPAMcom> wrote in message news:FFwwJG.K90@lugnet.com... (...) Poskan: (...) wrong (...) carefully (...) constructed (...) A (...) that (...) when the (...) smaller (...) (25 years ago, 8-Aug-99, to lugnet.faq)
 
  [Building FAQ] What are the dimensions and aspect ratios of LEGO(r) bricks?
 
I have added the notes on dimension relationships originally from Jef Poskan: Subject: What are the dimensions and aspect ratios of LEGO&reg; bricks? Topic-Level: 1 Content-Language: en Originator: Fred M. Sloniker, 1998-11-28 Revision: Robert M. (...) (25 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.faq)
 
  Re: LDLITE and LDAO
 
(...) Well, unless you want to put together and maintain a LDLite FAQ... I'm personally inclined to put it into the LUGNET FAQ. Later, if you want to assemble a FAQ specifically for LDLite, any LDLite questions in the LUGNET FAQ would be available (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq)
 
  Re: LDLITE and LDAO
 
Hmm. Good question. Let me know what you decide. Steve (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq)
 
  Re: [FAQ] Is there somewhere online where I can order sets directly from LEGO&reg;?
 
(...) No. The question was "Is there somewhere [...] directly from LEGO(r)?". Mentioning non-LEGO companies is outside the scope of the question. - Robert Munafo (25 years ago, 23-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq)
 
  Re: How to tell Cellulose Acetate from ABS
 
Gary, This is very good FAQ material! Thanks! Cheers, - jsproat (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq)
 
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  Re: [FAQ] Is there somewhere online where I can order sets directly from LEGO&reg;?
 
Robert Munafo wrote in message ... (...) but (...) sets.</p> (...) directed (...) find (...) set of (...) some (...) be (...) Do not forget "etoys" at www.etoys.com (US adresses only) and Amazon at www.amazon.com (anywhere on earth) Selçuk Göre (25 years ago, 23-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq)
 
  Re: LDLITE and LDAO
 
(...) "Different:. That sentence needs the word "different". Netscape's duh-checker isn't doing its job... :-P Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 23-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq)
 
  Re: LDLITE and LDAO
 
(...) This page is linked from the front page for LDAO: (URL) is, should LDAO / LDLite Q&A go into the LDraw FAQ, or specifically into the LUGNET FAQ, or someplace altogether? Steve? Paul? Comments? Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 23-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.faq)
 
  [Building FAQ] What are the dimensions and aspect ratios of LEGO(r) bricks?
 
I have added the Metric and Imperial dimensions to the previous discussion of ratios. Subject: What are the dimensions and aspect ratios of LEGO&reg; bricks? Topic-Level: 1 Content-Language: en Originator: Fred M. Sloniker, 1998-11-28 Revision: (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq)
 
  Re: 8 millimeters or 5/16 inches? (was Re: Scales)
 
Okay, I've done the experiment. The interstud spacing is 7.986 millimeters +- 2 microns. I built a 1 x 100 x 2 "wall" out of long Technic beams, and it measures 798.5 +- 0.2 millimeters (to which I added 0.1 millimeters to account for the fact that (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq) ! 
 
  Re: 8 millimeters or 5/16 inches? (was Re: Scales (Was: New Lego page!)
 
(...) Thanks for the info. I don't care enough about this to look it up, though. What's important is that LEGO makes the best bricks. :-) I'm pretty much a pragmatist in this matter. Fredrik (25 years ago, 22-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
 
  Re: 8 millimeters or 5/16 inches? (was Re: Scales (Was: New Lego page!)
 
(...) Some english company, which TLG bought the original patent from. Someone has a whole website about this, seemed to be fairly miffed about it, and would periodically post the URL to it on RTL... I stopped reading RTL much so can't say if that's (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
 
  Re: 8 millimeters or 5/16 inches? (was Re: Scales (Was: New Lego page!)
 
(...) Does this imply that someone else patented the _original_ brick design, without the tubes? If so, who did? Fredrik (25 years ago, 22-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
 
  Re: 8 millimeters or 5/16 inches? (was Re: Scales (Was: New Lego page!)
 
A whilo ago it struck me that the base unit of LEGO probably was defined in inches not in mm. 1/16 inch is far more an obvious unit than 1.6 mm. This is an interesting fact, because it reveals the British heritage of the LEGO brick. So while TLG (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
 
  Re: 8 millimeters or 5/16 inches? (was Re: Scales (Was: New Lego page!)
 
The basic issue I'm raising is determining the engineer's standard for the "horizontal spacing" from one stud to the next. I think this is what you're calling "the pitch". The most commonly quoted dimension standard among LEGO users is this (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)


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