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(...) Ken, nice work. Let us know how well this operates. I did some experimenting along these lines last summer, but I didn't think of cutting and bending tabs on the ATLAS track connectors, very cleaver. I was going to grind flange off the base of (...) (21 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.custom, FTX)
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(...) Incidentally, if anybody is interested in trying this out on the cheap, there is a slightly used Gocco printer up for sale on eBay right now: (URL). The only other source I've found for this item is dickblick.com, where (new) it costs about (...) (21 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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| | Re: Silkscreening parts
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(...) So, how did it go? Did you find a way to make this gadget work on LEGO parts? If so, what about odd-shaped parts like minifig torsos or heads? I'm pretty interested in this approach too, as it sounds like it should produce a much (...) (21 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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| | making parts Re: Preview ALCO RS-1 A. T. & S. F.
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(...) snipped (...) James beutiful work as always. While we dream, a 4 wide version would be nice as well, not to mention a bulk pack! I've toyed with the idea of molding/casting repro parts. This may be the right part to try it with. The best resin (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: New Parts Drawings - Plates, Slope, Track Pieces
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(...) In 1997 I sent TLC a sketch of some parts I wanted them to make, including 12 and 20 tooth cogs. Lo and behold the cogs appeared in the Droid Developer Kit in 1999! I had decided that 12:20 would mesh in the same holes as 16:16 and 8:24 for (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.parts.custom, FTX)
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| | Re: Some fun for Buffy and Angel fans (sorta long)
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(...) Cool! Someone else who knows McCloud (and Aragones!). D'you know, I've owned that book for years, and never made the connection to it being useful in thinking about Lego? Silly me... Anyway, well done, Erik. This is a usefully (...) (21 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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Anybody got an idea of how the headphones were made at the (URL) podbrix> website? I was thinking of trying to make my own 1x2 tile iPod for my minifigs to use. Thanks, James Wilson Dallas, TX (21 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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| | Re: New Parts Drawings - Plates, Slope, Track Pieces
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(...) Hi, No real "trouble" - I do this for a living. It's the DAT conversion that's slightly fussy. If you're not using MLCAD with your custom parts, I don't know if there's much demand otherwise! So I may as well just skip that bit. (...) Somehow (...) (21 years ago, 6-Feb-05, to lugnet.parts.custom, FTX)
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| | Re: HELP needed with non-functioning 1x2 light brick!
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(...) AAA...AAAHHH...HHH! I shouldve mentioned I'm a purist! (pukes) But I guess I wouldn't mind taking it apart to FIX it.... Though for that I'd like to be sure that there was no other way to fix the bulb first... A last resort type thing. (...) (...) (21 years ago, 6-Feb-05, to lugnet.parts, lugnet.storage, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New Parts Drawings - Plates, Slope, Track Pieces
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(...) Mark, You’re not alone. There are a lot of people with part wishes. Sorry, I don't have drawings but I also have a lot of wishes for TLC. I would like to have additional technic gears (with 10, 14, 18, 22, 28 and 32 teeth). I know I can (...) (21 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.parts.custom, FTX)
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| | Visio and Picture formats (was New Parts Drawings - Plates, Slope, Track Pieces)
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(...) I only use bitmaps when they are smaller than the equivalent jpeg - ie they are monochrome ones. This was the case for the parts I've drawn so far. I've used jpegs for colour pictures up to now. I did a test with the 4x4 round plate drawing: (...) (21 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) Might be worth checking if UV is a common acronym for anything in Danish. ROSCO (21 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts)
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(...) I have no idea myself, but prototype seems reasonable guessing to me. They may have decided that it required too fiddly of a position to cover the opening and that a wider opening was better... Thanks for sharing this, what ever it is! (21 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts)
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Hi, I already asked this question in the forum at 1000steine.de but nobody could give an answer, although there a many 12V hardcore fans. I also emailed a couple of fans but nobody has ever seen the door at the bottom of the picture: (URL) pic (...) (21 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts)
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| | Re: Modding the new LEGO lightup minifig
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(...) Ooh good thought. What might be even neater is if the blade itself is removable, so that when you put the blade in, it lights up. That would be even more movie-realistic. ~Kevoh (21 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space, lugnet.parts.mod)
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(...) Rob, my favourite line on your page: "Modding LEGO's rendition of my LifeLites minifigs" LMAO!! Stick it to 'em :] That "trash-can-lid" minifig head on the TLC version is bizarre. I can't believe they didn't make the batteries replaceable. (...) (21 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space, lugnet.parts.mod)
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| | Re: New Parts Drawings - Plates, Slope, Track Pieces
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(...) Please consider not posting bitmaps. They are very space intensive and take a long time to load. Instead use a lossless compressed format like .gif if you can. In my view jpegs are not as good for things like line drawings, they are better for (...) (21 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.parts.custom, FTX)
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(...) Please don't go to a lot of trouble on my account! It's just that I usually post jpegs or bitmaps of things to my Brickshelf, since anyone can view them without any special software. I'm not seriously into CAD! If I had the facilities to (...) (21 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.parts.custom, FTX)
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| | Re: HELP needed with non-functioning 1x2 light brick!
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If it's a non-functional bulb, I'd think this would be an ideal opportunity to experiment with it and take it apart, to see if you can fit in a new lightbulb. It shouldn't be that difficult to accomplish. Perhaps you can even redesign it so it takes (...) (21 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.parts, lugnet.storage, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New Parts Drawings - Plates, Slope, Track Pieces
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(...) Hi, Yeah, I'm working in ACIS Solids, then exporting to STL, then from STL2DAT. I'll try to do a few more this weekend and post the results to the same folder. Something to do between TO soundbytes, anyway. Is the DAT file helpful at all, or (...) (21 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.parts.custom, FTX)
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