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| I missed this part of the thread when it first happened.. well better late than never. (...) That would be a totally AWESOME piece to have. Just think of all the applications... vehicles (tanks, air filters, engine parts, crane , chemical plants, (...) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts, FTX)
| | | | | Re: If you could wish for new Lego elements......
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| (...) Gary, I'm sure this subject has come up a few times in the past, but it had a recent incarnation in this thread: (URL) think it's a great subject for discussion and wishful thinking. Actually, I think it would make a great contest for the LEGO (...) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.parts)
| | | | | Re: Glueing old lego
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| "Rob Hendrix" <rob.removebeforesen...msltc.org> wrote in message news:I34xyK.rn4@lugnet.com... (...) I believe LLCA and Billund are now test using a new substance, but LLW is still on MEK. I can't remember what this substance is called, but it's (...) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts)
| | | | | Really BIG RP
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| Alas, someone beat me to the BIG LEGO idea.. Behold - the totally cool (URL) RP moonbuggy> Stratasys showed at SIGGRAPH this year, handled by L-PRIZE's own (URL) Tim Courtney>. Made of ABS, with some removable parts and rotating wheels. FYI, the (...) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.parts.custom, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Glueing old lego
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| IIRC, the model builders no longer use MEK (although I still do). If anyone has any information as to what the model builders are now using, please let me know. MEK is dangerous and too much contact with the fumes makes you do strange things like (...) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts)
| | | | | Re: Liquid Plastics
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| (...) For parts where studs cause these problems, have you considered casting them upside-down? Then the plastic will flow into the stud compartments by gravity, and the bubbles will all float up to the rim of the part. Add a few flow channels to (...) (22 years ago, 27-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.custom)
| | | | | Re: My Big Phat RP Parts
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| (...) Ouch, how embarrassing! Well, Ben, take back everything I said! LOL. Actually, I WAS thinking of the right Ben.. When I saw the post I linked to above, I thought.. Ben+Trains+Cool=BBB. How was I to know there was another possible solution to (...) (22 years ago, 27-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.parts.custom, FTX)
| | | | | Re: My Big Phat RP Parts
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| (...) Darrell, that's a different Ben. But I think LEGO ought to hire both of them. :-) (22 years ago, 27-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.parts.custom, FTX)
| | | | | Re: My Big Phat RP Parts
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| (...) Thanks, Ben! Coming from you that means a lot! (...) I would also be interested in other people's results/trials. I suppose in a perfect world we could laser scan the parts, but... I don't know how far we in parts.custom want to venture into (...) (22 years ago, 27-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.parts.custom, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Liquid Plastics
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| (...) Hi - have you tried using an autoclave to reduce the bubbling? Darrell (22 years ago, 27-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.custom)
| | | | | Re: Liquid Plastics
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| (...) I use Smooth-on liquid plastics regularly with my other toy hobby, making custom action figures. The problem with using them to make LEGO-compatible parts is that these liquid resin plastics (like Alumilite, Micro-Mark, etc) are meant to be (...) (22 years ago, 26-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.custom)
| | | | | Re: Might this be very very cool?
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| (...) Yeah, that's the rub. Service bureaus have been around for a long time, and this isn't the first one that's been Internet based. There are places that will actually make injection molds for you over the net. It all comes down to how badly you (...) (22 years ago, 26-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.custom, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Liquid Plastics
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| Oops, rats, I meant to post this to .custom. I've set the followup on this to there; please direct your replies there too. (Sorry about that, I'm a newbie!) Thanks, - Joe (22 years ago, 26-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts)
| | | | | Liquid Plastics
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| Has anyone looked into this for making custom parts: (URL) It looks like pretty good stuff and could be a fairly cheap way to turn out medium-sized batches of hard plastic parts. Of course the tricky bit is making the mold... I haven't thought of a (...) (22 years ago, 26-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts)
| | | | | Re: My Big Phat RP Parts
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| <snip> (...) Way cool! Thanks for sharing. On the topic of scale. What I've determined is the following: the LDU to mm conversion is an exact conversion However: A 1x1 brick is only 7.8mm x 7.8mm and the studs are located 8.0mm for one another (...) (22 years ago, 26-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.parts.custom, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Might this be very very cool?
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| (...) I can confirm it's pretty darn cool! Jason had a pointed top arch part he had designed a while ago that he shared images of with our club... it was one of the parts that got realised and shown at SIGGRAPH and at BrickLink. I thought it was (...) (22 years ago, 26-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.custom, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Might this be very very cool?
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| (...) Doh! Darn my unfamiliarity with the group hierarchy! And I was so excited when the new groups hit the scene, too. Anyway, I need to get started on my dream list of faux-clone parts. I wonder if I can justify a bulk purchase sufficient to make (...) (22 years ago, 26-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.custom, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Might this be very very cool?
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| (...) I agree. One note, this may be suited for parts.custom rather than just parts. Jason, who responded elsewhere in the thread has a fair bit of experience with .stl files for parts now, I think... XFUT parts.custom (22 years ago, 26-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts, lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.parts.custom, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Might this be very very cool?
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| (...) It might work, depending on what you are willing to pay for parts. Also it's worth noting that someone with access to a cad program would have to help, converting .dat files to .stl can make ugly .stl files. I've had experience with (URL) this (...) (22 years ago, 26-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts, lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Might this be very very cool?
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| (...) That's funny. I just finished the very same article before coming over here to Lugnet. I was thinking the exact same thing. -Elroy (22 years ago, 26-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts, lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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