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| "Gary Istok" <istokg@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:IIrpw0.1F3z@lugnet.com... (...) Europe. (...) 1950's and (...) tobacco (...) stores. In (...) it (...) people (...) cancerous (...) And you are sure of those names? Looks a bit strange for (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jun-05, to lugnet.parts, lugnet.general)
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| (...) Additionally, cigarettes and tobacco advertising boards were frequently used by shops that sold newspapers, lottery tickets, stationary, etc, too. The most prominent advertising feature of the shop where I bought my Mickey Mouse magazine was (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jun-05, to lugnet.parts, lugnet.general)
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| (...) I almost forgot, there was one set that did have Tobacconist in it. That was the #210/#1210 Small Shop sets of 1955-65. These were available with multiple names on the named beams. The example in the Lugnet database is a German one, which was (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jun-05, to lugnet.parts, lugnet.general)
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| (...) Tim, These tobacco signs were produced from 1955-65. But only in continental Europe. First of all the negative connotation to smoking did not exist in the 1950's and 1960's. And in continental Europe there were a lot of small mom and pop (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jun-05, to lugnet.parts, lugnet.general)
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| looking at Clarks printed bars pages (URL) I notice that there seem to loads of tobacconist's signs in various languages. Does anyone know what sets these came in? seems strange for Lego to have them, I know they are old but even so. Tim (20 years ago, 26-Jun-05, to lugnet.parts)
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| (...) It won't offer any support since the filling is not bonded to (or "integrated into") the gear body - they would just fly out when the gear cracks. (...) Which brings a question: Why use Lego in a rig with wood or aluminum? Is it a Lego MOC (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-05, to lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.technic)
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| (...) I don't think the plastic-glue bond would have to be stronger than plastic with itself. I'm just talking about filling up the hole so that the gear won't crack as easily at the thin points next to the holes. This is where the breaks are always (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jun-05, to lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.technic)
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| (...) If the material is failing, I doubt filling the holes will help (perhaps, *maybe*, with a very strong glue, but I still doubt it). The problem is getting anything to bond the plastic nearly as strongly as the plastic bonds to itself. I don't (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jun-05, to lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.technic)
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| (...) This time I heated it for 10 minutes and let it cool in tap water for a fair while. The gear lasted noticeably longer - almost to the end (it's operating a elastic wind-back mechanism). But then it snapped. The gears always crack at the (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jun-05, to lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Dope another one. This time cool it with tap water, not iced water. You may have cooled it too fast, if I understand that thread correctly. Keith (20 years ago, 21-Jun-05, to lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.technic)
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