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(...) Lead is usually added in a very small amount to make it flow into fine detail better. It's probably only a few percent lead content, so handling it wouldn't bear anywhere near the same risk of lead poisoning that handling pure lead does. (...) (...) (20 years ago, 17-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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(...) I know there is tin in it, but lead - dont know. Its melting point should be a little above 100C. A friend of mine tells, that there should not be Cadmium in it, as Cadmium is toxic. (In our case they would probably end in a model rather than (...) (20 years ago, 17-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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(...) Of course, after posting the previous message, I realized I probably should have also mentioned using padded jaws to hold extremely small pieces rather than your fingers. Figured the opportunity to correct that would present itself in short (...) (20 years ago, 16-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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(...) Eye protection...hmm...that's a really good point. Hey, ask Rob about the time he drilled his thumb and had to get 22 stitches. ;-) --Todd (20 years ago, 16-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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(...) One can only hope that someone will caption the "Bejesus Drilling Sequence" at some point (and issue a caution to never, ever use the rotary cutting tool without eye protection unlike the Genius Rob who is apparently trying to emulate the (...) (20 years ago, 16-Aug-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.parts.mod)
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A few photos from Friday... (URL) only got an hour of sleep Thursday night and didn't feel much like taking tons of photos yesterday. There are some nice shots of Rob Hendrix drilling the bejesus out of Episode VI Luke and Episode I Jar-Jar. Check (...) (20 years ago, 14-Aug-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) that it might as well not be radioactive (half-life of 19*10^18 years), is the only non-toxic heavy metal (aside from the radioactivity, but you probably get that much radiation standing under direct sunlight) and combines easily with (...) (20 years ago, 13-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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(...) Better still, avoid the dremel by buying second hand some old 2x4s, which have no tubes underneath. Fill with plasticine or similar denser material that doesn't get too hot (i.e. not solder), leaving 1.6mm depth free for the studs of the brick (...) (20 years ago, 13-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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(...) That's interesting, I hadn't seen those before. Thanks for pointing them out! You're right, these mods are pretty amazing! The one on eBay has an advantage in terms of versatility -- no batteries (well, unless that's how you power your whole (...) (20 years ago, 13-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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(...) Look at my page under Modifications (URL) go direktly there by this link: (URL) also have some cars 34 studs long (7 wide), and I am playing around with a new luggage car 16-20 studs long. Look under Createtions - Trains - there are a number (...) (20 years ago, 13-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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(...) I much prefer the designs of (URL) Rob Hendrix>. He's gotten them packed in to the point where the minifig and lightsaber look completely unmodified until you turn them on, and they run off of internal batteries so you don't need to hide any (...) (20 years ago, 13-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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(...) Lead fishing weights will weigh more than copper BBs, and you might be able to build custom molds so you can melt weights and form them so they'll fit into an unmodified brick, both inside the tubes and in the larger cavity. (...) If you don't (...) (20 years ago, 13-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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(...) One doesn't. All one needs to do is prop a bucket full of bricks on top of one's door. The burgler provides all of the loud sound effects gratis (well, you hope it's gratis...). ;P (20 years ago, 13-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Just saw this on eBay: (URL) It's a modified lightsabre that actually glows! You can change the color of the light in the base between red and white, and of course, you can put any color sabre on it you want (even comes with a custom white sabre). (...) (20 years ago, 13-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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(...) I heard back from my friend Lee in email today: In mike's.email.inbox, Lee wrote: (...) Apparently my memory of it costing $30 was from the art school resale boards. I found the product website here: (URL) be a month or so before I have time (...) (20 years ago, 13-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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"Mathew Clayson" <mathew_impact1@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:I2Cwvo.155L@lugnet.com... (...) fill it (...) to (...) to (...) colors (...) plates? A (...) I've built subassemblies and filled them with pennies to use for lift bridge weights. (...) (20 years ago, 12-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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"Joe Strout" <joe@strout.net> wrote in message news:joe-31DD12.1701...net.com... (...) Start here. This is a good place to find alternate contact methods and a plethora of sensors and electronic circuits: (URL) (20 years ago, 12-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.parts.custom)
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Has anyone made thier own weight bricks? My thought was to hollow out the bottom of a brick with a dremel, then fill it with BBs. And finally glue a plate across the bottom. This could be useful to add weight to some of my smaller train MOCs, where (...) (20 years ago, 12-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.trains)
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(...) The only thing I've done is to add LEDs. Cutting a 9v jumper came first. But I can't aford to do that to often. Either way, I'd love to see more of this as well. Mat (20 years ago, 12-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.parts.custom)
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Has anyone seen instructions, schematics, plans, rough sketches on napkins, etc. for custom electric LEGO parts? LEGO seems to be getting out of the electronics business, which is a shame IMHO. The available selection is quite limited (and pricey (...) (20 years ago, 12-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.parts.custom)
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If you take a transparent rod and roll it around on some fine grit sandpaper for a minute or so, it will make any light you may show through the rod easier to see from the side of the rod. The process roughs the surface of the rod to make it refract (...) (20 years ago, 12-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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| | Re: Do you mind if I modify the topic? (Larry Puns Again)
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(...) I think these look great. I may try some of these tricks. Thanks, Mat (20 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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My name is Tommy Armstrong and and with my son Peyton,we actually engrave letters and graphics onto bricks (we started the brick namebadges at BrickFest), minifig torsos, etc. Although it has limitations as regards to multiple colors, it does have (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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(...) I've often wondered (never got beyond that) whether one could use photo-etching to create masks/templates for airbrushing Lego elements. The folks that do face-painting at fairs and amusement parks use re-usable masks to quickly airbrush a (...) (20 years ago, 6-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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(...) The scale modeling crowd also uses Future floor polish as a gloss-coat. I'm not sure if it would stand up to the rigors of playing with the sprayed part, though. Check rec.models.scale for references to Future for theories on how to airbrush. (...) (20 years ago, 6-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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(...) Whoa! I forgot what kind of technical crowd I was talking to. By 'custom decals' I meant 'faked element prints' (so, actually even less correct than if I had meant 'stickers'). By 'label paper' I actually did mean stickers though. I haven't (...) (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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(...) That's right, I'm trying to think of ways to duplicate the look of actual Lego printing as closely as possible, and the paper labels are just too jarring - even with photoshop-printed paper labels we have to do a bunch of post-printing work to (...) (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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(...) For those interested in painting bricks, DullCote does a pretty good job of protecting most paints, though I'd suggest avoiding water-based craft paints in favor of actual model paints. I once used some Createx airbrush paint to apply silver (...) (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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(...) Ah, I see. Terminology is sloppy - I use glossy photo paper myself, and Elmer's Washable Glue Stick (and colored pencils so that the edges aren't glaringly white). So I don't use decal, film, or glue-backed paper in actuality, though I call (...) (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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(...) Imprinted? Take that to OT, mister. And be careful handling those screens--you might strain yourself. Dave! (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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(...) Hi Bruce... I was focused on the second sentence of those I left. In the second sentence he said "custom decals, running label paper" which is what confused me in his usage. Decals go on decal paper not sticker paper. Stickers go on label (...) (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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(...) Mike was talking about a $30 mini-silk-screening machine (what make/model Mike?). I shudder to think what my compressor and double-action air brush would cost today -->Bruce<-- (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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(...) given (...) presume (...) design (...) You guys could always make jigs and templates, then use airbrushes to paint the desired decal colors. A different part of a design could be made for each color. When you spray each color/template, then (...) (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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(...) Silk-screening is a process that will directly print a given design onto a given object (passing ink/dye/paint through a screen/number of screens). I presume Mike means printing directly on the torso after removing any previous design first. I (...) (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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(...) Indeed. The approach I used was to apply SolvaSet(tm) (A Walthers product IIRC, or maybe Microscale) to get the decal to conform to the shape of the model (fitting over rivets and the like) and then after it dried and was in good shape, a coat (...) (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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(...) As a former scale model fan, I know that there a quite a few products out there for durably securing a decal to your model. The problem is that these solutions are semi-permanent and the piece(s) will alway have that decal on it. This is great (...) (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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(...) Do you mean decals or stickers? I believe decals are printed on decal paper and you use water to float them off their backing and transfer them while wet, while stickers are printed on dry adhesive backed paper. Tangentially, there is a (...) (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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Hey nice, somebody made a new forum just in time for my question. Has anybody tried silkscreening onto Lego parts? I've been doing a lot of custom decals lately, running label paper through my inkjet, but I can't help but wonder if silkscreening (...) (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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| | Re: Do you mind if I modify the topic? (Larry Puns Again)
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(...) Here's a neat little trick someone taught me about using the thumbnails automatically generated by Brickshelf. Add /thumb/image.jpg(und...)thumb.jpg and you will link to the thumb instead of the full image. So: (URL) Better yet, make the (...) (20 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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| | Re: Right on Schedule
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(...) "2 - Did you think to yourself “AND Rob Hendrix...“?" Your answer juxtaposed with Larry's question still don't make the slightest ounce of sense. :-) -->Bruce<-- p.s. you two are the guys screwing up my correctly directed post. :-) p.p.s. See! (...) (20 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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