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In lugnet.market.shipping, Troy Cefaratti writes:
> > ps. i just had a funny idea for a website where you could enter your
> > piece inventories and the it will calculate the weight of your
> > collection. I'm not sure what use that will serve. :)
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> If you had the weights of all the elements, it would be useful to someplace
> like Brickbay, where it could be used to automatically calculate shipping
> charges based on weight.
>
> (not that i'm suggesting that you weigh out all the pieces or anything.....)
Hmm... what would it take?
Assume that ABS plastic's volume relates directly to its weight-- and then
all you need to do is calculate volume using Ldraw parts. So weigh something
like a 2x10, a 2x4, a 1x1, and a few odds and ends... then check to see how
closely related the volume is to the mass-- and once you get a fairly stable
constant comparing volume to mass (well, ok, weight) then you could calcuate
stuff pretty easily, I assume...
And assuming that you feed in things like part inventories to calculate
their wieght as a set, then check the piece counts, you could probably get
some "average pieces by weight" measurements so you could get a better
estimate at how many pieces were in "11 lbs of Lego" or whatnot that you see
on ebay occasionally...
Just a thought...
DaveE
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| (...) If you had the weights of all the elements, it would be useful to someplace like Brickbay, where it could be used to automatically calculate shipping charges based on weight. (not that i'm suggesting that you weigh out all the pieces or (...) (24 years ago, 11-Apr-01, to lugnet.market.shipping, lugnet.general)
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