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Re: Low Corner Slopes in Roof Parts Packs?
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 24 Feb 1999 18:50:05 GMT
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James Brown wrote:
> Jasper Janssen writes:
> > On Mon, 22 Feb 1999 16:57:49 GMT, Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote:
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> > <3*3 low slopes>
> > > It's too bad that TLG doesn't make a 1x2 low slope (half pyramid) roof
> > > peak piece that would be used in conjunction with these low sloped corner
> > > bricks, like they do with the regular sloped bricks. Is that a
> > > possibility, or would there perhaps not be enough clearance for the
> > > underside of the piece to fasten to the studs of low sloped pieces below
> > > it? Just curious. Right now I usually put a chimney or other decorative
> > > feature in the spot where that piece should be.
> >
> > Good question... looking at my 2*4 low slope peaks, I have a feeling
> > you may indeed be right about too little clearance :(
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> Hmm - It *should* be possible - unless I'm horribly mistaken (won't know for
> sure until I get home and do some comparisons), the area for a single stud on a
> pyramid roof peak should be the same as the area for a stud in the "corner" of
> a corner piece. They should be the same area, given that it's the same shape,
> and the angle of the slope doesn't change.
> What I want to see is a 3x3 concave corner piece. - Anyone (with more math
> skills than me) want to see if that's possible?
> Of course, if I did have those, then I'd want low-slope gable connectors...
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> James
James, if you want a low-slope gable connector, then I'd want (most assuredly Rob
Farver too) a low-slope INSIDE CORNER 3x3 brick, which also doesn't exist, because
that is the piece that would give a low-slope gable connector a reason to exist
(raison d'etre).
Gary Istok
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Low Corner Slopes in Roof Parts Packs?
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| (...) It was always my understanding that the reason that roof pieces have a lip (i.e. the small vertical edge before the slope starts) was to provide a standard way, independent of slope angle, to keep the interior side of the slope from "crashing (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Low Corner Slopes in Roof Parts Packs?
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| (...) ^^^...^^^ (...) Rob (...) because (...) exist (...) Yup, I said that first, I just neglected to use accepted terminology :) I'm not sure that the concave (or inside corner, if you prefer) would give enough area to attach to a stud at the (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Low Corner Slopes in Roof Parts Packs?
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| On Mon, 22 Feb 1999 16:57:49 GMT, Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote: <3*3 low slopes> (...) Good question... looking at my 2*4 low slope peaks, I have a feeling you may indeed be right about too little clearance :( You could use regular (medium (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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