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Re: Lego Parts You Hate....
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lugnet.general, lugnet.parts
Date: 
Wed, 31 Aug 2005 00:47:25 GMT
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Geoffrey Hyde <(gDOThyde@bigpond)avoidspam(DOTnetDOTau)>
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"danny staple" <orionrobots@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:3ec53b3f050830142253087e4a@mail.gmail.com...

> I use something like that myself, but with some of the studless
> constructions - I have had the axle start to bend worryingly before
> the pins pop. I dont like sacrificing Lego though.
> another thing I hate is when an axle pin gets stuck, and stubborn.
> With the studless beams - you can push the pin into another studless
> beam, and use a flex-axle peice to keep the pin splits in place while
> pulling off the other end, but when it is stubbornly stuck in an 8t
> gear you are really in for hurting fingers...

Oh you can get those out easily enough, all you need is a sharp object, like
a table edge or metal ruler edge, poke the gear with axle/bush in a bit, by
that time you should have enough of a gap to get your fingernails around the
other half which should now be sitting offset a bit and give it a good hard
pull.

There has been the odd time in older models when I've resorted to using a
pair of fine-nose pliers and giving the stubborn piece in question a good
hard tug to get it out but it's quite rare nowadays.


--
Cheers ...

Geoffrey Hyde



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  Re: Lego Parts You Hate....
 
(...) I use something like that myself, but with some of the studless constructions - I have had the axle start to bend worryingly before the pins pop. I dont like sacrificing Lego though. another thing I hate is when an axle pin gets stuck, and (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts)

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