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(...) I'm tremendously glad to see the consensus on this one! I've taken my knife to many a flex tube, usually with nagging doubts as to the purity of that act. The ultra-purists in NELUG seem comfortable with it, but it's nice to know that others (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) will the REAL derek please stand up? BTW cut NOTHING!!! I don't cut my lego parts and I'm a better man for it..... Sure my Search sub and 8460 look a bit odd, but i still have very long pneumatic tubing. Fight the urge, be lego pure. :) . .. (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) (URL) over in .trains posted a design for low profile trucks that used flex tubing and uses that door rail part.... this post is the start of a thread about it. (URL) might not be what was meant though. Hope that helps. 1 - collaborative (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Snipped - The message and the hoses :) I believe that Derek is talking about this peice. (URL) VW (23 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) (I did say IIRC!... so I didn't RC this time)... well I left myself an escape clause: "if you know they cut it during manufacturing" which they clearly do... they do not MOLD it to all those different lengths, you can see the cut marks. (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) No. Flex tube is abundant in a number of sets including the RIS package, the DDK, the RC Racer, the Gungan Sub etc. Go right ahead! Calum (23 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I don't think so. Pnuematic tubing yes, but flex tubing is generally already supplied in the correct lengths. But I say go ahead & cut it anyway! ROSCO (23 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I figure if you can find an instruction that LEGO(r) published that shows a particular thing being cut, or if you know they cut it during manufacturing, it's OK to cut that thing yourself too. IIRC LEGO has shown Flex tube being cut in (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Oh, you want to talk network problems eh? We (the Interactive Media Lab, home of Peach and other such things) moved into the brand new, $104 million Bahen Center for IT at the University last month. Since then, while all of our MIE powered (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Derek Raycraft" <derek.raycraft@sitraka.com> wrote in message news:3D86611F.506050...aka.com... (...) ::scratches head:: I can't picture what piece you're talking about: "those 1x2 plates with the groves on the sides". I'm really curious about what (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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