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Re: Cutting baseplates (Was: Green plate sizes?)
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 24 Oct 2000 04:45:56 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Will Hess writes:
> > I must admit that I have cut a few straight road plates in half. How have • you
> > done it? I used an exacto knife, but had trouble cutting in a straight • line
> > despite using a ruler. Also, Do you cut from the top side or the bottom?
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> Patience. Clamp the plate and ruler together and make many (MANY!) light
> cuts along the surface of the plate (1). This takes a while but it works!
I haven't tried, but you should be able to get a nice clean edge by scoring
with a knife (one pass) and then snapping. If done right, you don't break
either piece. You also shouldn't feel bad about cutting base plates. In just a
brief look at my baseplates, I find an 8x16 baseplate which TLC has cut to
size, and a 16x24. The 16x16 and 16x32 baseplates appear to not be cut so I
would guess that TLC has molds for 16x16, 16x32, 32x32, and 48x48 flat
baseplates (plus of course all the raised baseplates).
Frank
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| (...) you (...) line (...) Patience. Clamp the plate and ruler together and make many (MANY!) light cuts along the surface of the plate (1). This takes a while but it works! Will Lego Beach Department of Emergency Services www.crosswinds.net/~hokie (...) (26 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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