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(...) Believe me, I seriously considered this approach! <grin> JohnG, GMLTC (21 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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In lugnet.parts.mod, John Gerlach wrote: (snip cool link to spiffy building and tale of woe) Two suggestions: 1. Fly Rob Hendrix in. He can fix it. He can mod anything. It may end up with an LED in it somewhere, though, so be warned. 2. Get someone (...) (21 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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(...) First of all, that's a darned cool building. What a bummer for you to realize only too late that the window's a little off-kilter! Here's a nutty suggestion. Mark already proposed that you make it a feature, but I wonder if you could (...) (21 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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(...) Make it a feature! You could have one of those handout sheets for kids to find 5 or 10 odd/strange things on the layout - this could be one of them. (...) If you do go ahead with the Dremel thing, you might mask off the immediate area with one (...) (21 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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(...) Responding to David, Bryan's question is very similar... The building sits on grey baseplates, the baseplates are glued to the plywood base. The base has wheels that will allow it to be moved fairly easily. I don't think it would be possible (...) (21 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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(...) Is it possible to set the building on its side, and try to get at the window from the bottom? (i.e. peel off the baseplate and start removing chunks of grey) Sorry I don't know anything about modding... -Bryan (21 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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(...) I've never created any structure that big, but there's no way to get the brick out? Like, lay that section on its side, with the window on top, and attempt to separate the top and bottom around the window? Of course, this could also lead to an (...) (21 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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As many people know, the GMLTC is working on our largest project ever - a Lego version of the Plummer Building in Rochester, Minnesota. When we're done it should be about 7 feet tall, and use an estimated 50,000 bricks. Here's where I need some (...) (21 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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I just noticed that all the dk.gray bricks which I bought at the Lego store during BrickFest have got pox. Where the injection mark is, there is a plug like a pen-point bored out of what should be brick. Avast, bricks with bung-holes! Bad cycle day (...) (21 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.parts)
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Hi Isaac, I appreciate you taking the time to respond to my question! (...) Well, at the risk of being "one of those people", I'll start by saying there are lots of injection molding houses that will bid on work online (assuming you had CAD files of (...) (21 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX)
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(...) I think my favorite Dremel bit is (URL) one (they've also got a similar (URL) that's diamond-coated). I got sick of regular cutoff wheels because of how fragile they are (at least the stone ones, though the fiber-reinforced ones are okay), and (...) (21 years ago, 19-Sep-04, to lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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Hi All, As Lar anticipated, combining my recent posts about the (URL) smart motor> and (URL) motorized switch> with a short bit of wire soldered to a switch track, the result is this: (2 URLs) click an image to enlarge The advantage to this is that (...) (21 years ago, 19-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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"Mark Riley" <markril@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:I49tH0.1quL@lugnet.com... (...) Indeed! I bet that would chew up some bley bricks! -Rob (21 years ago, 19-Sep-04, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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(...) Hi Darrell, I suppose you already know that the cost of a metallic mould can vary depending on the complexity of the shape of the objects, but at the very least it'll still put you back by a few thousands US$, right? Well, anyway, I won't tell (...) (21 years ago, 19-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX)
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(URL) ...Gotta love it! ;-) Mark (21 years ago, 19-Sep-04, to lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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(...) Hi Bruce, Although I am sure Darrell would be in a better position to answer this than me, I'll try anyway. From what I can gathered, I think the rapid prototyping which Darrell was talking about, is NOT the same method which Jeff uses to (...) (21 years ago, 19-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX)
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"Darrell Urbien" <durbien@mail.occ.cccd.edu> wrote in message news:I482qL.1K5K@lugnet.com... (...) Will you hurry up and put these into production already!!!! I'm an import tuner enthusiast (new newsgroups todd? [LOL]) I can't wait to see these in (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.parts.custom)
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(...) I'm curious about the rapid prototyping. Little Armory (URL) made items in the past by hand making a master. But a new round of items is coming that I had suspected where being designed via some form of CAD and then mastered via something that (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX)
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(...) Big Ben Bricks LLC seems to have done well enough with their first wheel product to introduce additional ones. (uninformed speculation as to how they are doing financially, not my business) Little Armory seems to be doing VERY well with their (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX)
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(...) Do you remember what the machine looked like? Check out my Brickshelf folder for pictures of two I've used. (URL) The 3DSystems one makes resin parts, which might have been the ones you didn't like. OTOH it holds detail really well, so maybe (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX)
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