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Re: Best Way to Cut Baseplates
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 5 Mar 2002 22:57:27 GMT
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If you want to do this by hand and you are patient, you can make these cuts
by using a small drill for the intersections of the cuts and a very sharp
blade such as an X-Acto. Drill first, then cut by repeated scoring between
the 2 drilled points (10-15 scores usually does it for me). I've used this
method to cut unusual patterns such as a 2nd level building floor with a
cutout around steps.
binky
"Adrian Egli" <adr.egli@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
news:GsIBLr.4Lu@lugnet.com...
> I'm in a design "pickle" of sorts. Not too long ago I began cutting up • the
> 48 studs sq. baseplates to retangular forms so I may use them on platforms
> for bridges. OK, that's easy, but how can I do "stepped" cuts? Say, I • want
> to cut out an area, starting from the corner, of 2x8. Following that • would
> be a cut of 2x9 then 2x10 and so forth. By the time its over, holding the
> baseplate up, you'll have a series of risers w/ a measure of 2 studs and
> landing w/ measures of 1 stud, "steps" if you will.
>
> Your knowledge is welcome.
>
> --
> Adrian Egli
> http://www.scltc.org
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>
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| I like both Lester's idea and yours. Getting cheapo non-Lego bricks is easy in my group and hacking those up sounds more pleasurable than the real stuff. It's been those inside corners that have really been in my head and the drill idea sounds like (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.general)
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| | Best Way to Cut Baseplates
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| I'm in a design "pickle" of sorts. Not too long ago I began cutting up the 48 studs sq. baseplates to retangular forms so I may use them on platforms for bridges. OK, that's easy, but how can I do "stepped" cuts? Say, I want to cut out an area, (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.general)
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