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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 19:14:59 GMT
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Gary R. Istok writes:
> James Brown wrote:
> > 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, 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).
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 lowest point - hence my call for people
with math skills.
James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
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| (...) by adding a 1x3 slope to each side) it would increase attachable area, and stabilize the piece. This could also be done with the medium slope (increase to 3x3 with 1x2 slope area added to each side.) Of course, If they went and did all of 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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| (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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