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Re: Questions on parts in XI
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lugnet.general
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Sun, 19 Dec 1999 18:09:36 GMT
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Thanks Tony for the fine explanation :) so it depends on just what you
want to do with the bricks after they are together. Works for me :) now
to ponder just which I need :)
Tamy
Tony Priestman wrote:
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> On Sun, 19 Dec 1999, Mookie (<385CE10B.C89C51E7@worldnet.att.net>) wrote
> at 13:43:39
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> > I was searching out some of the technic parts in XI and I find there's
> > pegs and friction pegs, can someone tell me the difference? they look
> > the same to me, just happens that some are grey and some are black.
> > Thanks
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> The grey ones, which are the original ones, don't hold the beams
> tightly, so if you attach two beams with one of them, the joint is
> 'floppy'. If you hold one of the beams, you can spin the other one like
> a propeller.
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> The black ones are a much tighter fit. If you attach two beams with one
> of these, you can pose the beams at any angle, and they will stay like
> that. Hence friction pegs :-)
> --
> Tony Priestman
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| On Sun, 19 Dec 1999, Mookie (<385CE10B.C89C51E7@....att.net>) wrote at 13:43:39 (...) The grey ones, which are the original ones, don't hold the beams tightly, so if you attach two beams with one of them, the joint is 'floppy'. If you hold one of (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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