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| LEGO and chirality Chirality is the property of an object that can not be superimposed on its mirror image. Examples includes both natural (biological) object such hands and cultural (technical) object such screws. A non-chiral (achiral) object can (...) (20 years ago, 8-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.parts) !
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| (...) For the 8t gears, try putting the pin into a beam, hold it in place with the back of [LDrawPart 3959], and pull on the gear. --Bram (20 years ago, 1-Sep-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts, FTX)
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| "danny staple" <orionrobots@gmail.com> wrote in message news:3ec53b3f0508301...ail.com... (...) Oh you can get those out easily enough, all you need is a sharp object, like a table edge or metal ruler edge, poke the gear with axle/bush in a bit, by (...) (20 years ago, 31-Aug-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts)
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| (...) Minitalia bricks are like that! I'm glad that the headlight/washing machine brick has been redeemed! It's one of my faves. I can see why Gary doesn't care for it, it's indeed a poor substitute for a 1x1 window brick, but it's tres useful! (20 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts, FTX)
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| (...) I use something like that myself, but with some of the studless constructions - I have had the axle start to bend worryingly before the pins pop. I dont like sacrificing Lego though. another thing I hate is when an axle pin gets stuck, and (...) (20 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts)
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