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Hi all, I have this hankering to know the thickness of a baseplate. Not a regular plate, but a baseplate. I found the FAQ page with dimensions of bricks and plates and studs ( www.lugnet.com/~330/...dimensions ) but cannot seem to find out how thick (...) (16 years ago, 4-Feb-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Baseplates are exactly the right thickness, such that if they are resting on studs, their studs are exactly 1 plate higher. So I guess that makes them 1 plate minus the height of a stud 8?) ROSCO (16 years ago, 4-Feb-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) 0.55 inch. That's measuring with a dial calipers. HTH sjf (16 years ago, 4-Feb-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Scott, I'm sorry; That can't be right. More than half an inch? Did you mean 0.055 inch? I'm talking about the thickness of a baseplate, the area without the studs, the distance a block would be above my desk if the block were sitting on a (...) (16 years ago, 4-Feb-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) 0.055 inch would be correct. It never crossed my mind that 0.5 = 1/2. I don't use my calipers often enough to correctly interpret its output every time I do. Lesson learned: Double, uh, no, triple-check the readout (and make shure I'm (...) (16 years ago, 5-Feb-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Thanks, Scott. That's very helpful. I've got to get me some calipers! Rafe (16 years ago, 5-Feb-08, to lugnet.general)
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