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RE: Review of 7131 Anakin's Podracer
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Mon, 10 Jul 2000 00:08:53 GMT
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kerry Raymond [mailto:kerry@dstc.edu.au]
> Sent: Monday, July 10, 2000 10:19 AM
> To: lugnet.loc.au@lugnet.com
> Subject: Re: Review of 7131 Anakin's Podracer
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> > > I finally remembered! I wanted them for forks on a forklift!
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> > Well, I'd be interested in seeing this work. Could you let
> me know how
> much
> > load they can take before they colapse [brick weight, not • nessecarily in
> > grams/kilograms]...the hinges don't seem to be able to take
> a great load
>
> At the time I bought the set, I didn't realise the banana
> peels were hinged.
> And yes, as hinged pieces, they do collapse immediately if you put any
> significant pressure on them. However, they can be attached
> to another brick
> below; they are 4 anti-studs (what's the technical word for
> the things that
> studs connected into?). So my plan was not to connect it with
> its hinge but
> to put a longer 1xN plate underneath and do the main
> connection that way.
> That should not spoil the look of the fork and should make the fork
> stronger.
>
> However, as the fork will only be partially supported (there
> will be nothing
> under the pointed end, I think too much load at the front
> will still cause
> the fork to flip off the plate below. So it might be necessary to
> cross-brace it above (there are 4 studs on top) with another
> long 1xN plate.
> If the top plate was yellow, I don't think it would spoil the
> appearance too
> much, but alas, I don't have a yellow one long enough, so I
> might have to
> sacrifice appearance for strength.
>
> Kerry
How about using a couple of 1x2 plate hinges [2 1x2 plates linked at the
ends] on the top of the forks [one on each] as well as the plate, or another
hinge underneath...it should look better, and still have a similar strength
to adding long plates on top [and if you use plates, what's the use of the
banana skins?]
Benjamin Whytcross
BWhytcro@PacificAccess.com.au
Ph: (03) 9856 5282
Directory Technology Pty Ltd
1/436 Elgar Road,
Box Hill, 3128
Growing older is compulsory..Growing up isn't :-)
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| (...) Oh, we of little faith! Having spent some time last night playing with my banana peels with their little click-hinged plates, I can say that they are a lot stronger than we thought. Test 1. I built myself a little vertical wall of 1x8 bricks (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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