 | | Re: If you could wish for any single Lego element, what would it be? —Steve Hassenplug
| | | | On Wed, April 20, 2005 10:21 am, Xanthra47 said: (...) I'm not sure I totally understand what you're suggesting. Can you explain it more? When I think of a beam, I think of a straight line. If two lines (beams) actually intersect, they will be in (...) (20 years ago, 20-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
| | | | | | | | | | Re: If you could wish for any single Lego element, what would it be? —Jason S. Mantor
| | | | | | Yep. poor choice of words on my part : ( Instead of planes, lets use lines as you suggest. I'd like a studless "3d" version of that corner piece you pointed out that joins 3 beams at the intestection point of 3 mutually perpendicular lines. It just (...) (20 years ago, 20-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: If you could wish for any single Lego element, what would it be? —
| | | | | If he is suggesting what I think he is - that is an axle elbow which has three orthoganal connections - it can be acheived (somewhat less neat) with a 90 degree elbow, an axle pin and an axle joiner. If Xanthra actually means Technic Beams - then (...) (20 years ago, 20-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: If you could wish for any single Lego element, what would it be? —Jason S. Mantor
| | | | | I'd like to join technic beams together. The trick about the axles is cool though. Thanks for sharing that. I'm curious what the old robot head looks like, but you imply it's not ideal, so no biggie. Here's a crude image that I made with mlcad that (...) (20 years ago, 20-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: If you could wish for any single Lego element, what would it be? —
| | | | | The old robot head: (URL) - it is now known as "1x1 Brick With Studs on Four Sides". Your cad diagram does help conjure up what you meant. Perhaps another couple of rotated view might aid the process. Basing a concept on the (URL) may yet yeild a (...) (20 years ago, 22-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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