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Re: New modded parts
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Sat, 3 Feb 2007 16:46:17 GMT
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In lugnet.parts.mod, Peter Ehrlich wrote:
> In lugnet.parts.mod, Mark Bellis wrote:
> > Here's an update on my parts experiments. I've added quite a few Technic parts:
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=187793
> >
> > The expansion link http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=231111 ,
> > based on a 1x3 thin liftarm, allows an axle or peg to slide in the 1x2 slotted
> > hole. Very useful for steam engines:
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1093550 (It would go vertically,
> > in the middle of the picture)
> >
> > A half double axle joiner (41678)
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=231108 has proved very useful.
> > Several existing parts can be made from a pair of them, as well as several new
> > configurations for positioning things in a small space.
> >
> > My half pin without stud http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2291705
> > has been around a while in steam engines. This pic shows the basic application
> > of fixing together two thin liftarms in a total width of 8mm:
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2291707
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> > The 1x2 xo thin liftarm has also been in my steam engines and Apache helicopter
> > for a while, but the 1x4 liftarm makes two of them conveniently:
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2291714 This pic shows the
> > basic application of changing rotary motion to linear motion in a small space:
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2291716
> >
> > This piece is the useful part of a technic 1xn plate that broke:
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2291718 It's not only a 1x2
> > plate with a hole at the end, it's also a 1x2 plate with 1 stud and 1 area of
> > tile. Here's the top of it:
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2291719
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> > The 2mm wide quarter bush
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2291720 is one I've been using
> > for a while now, particularly in the LMS Garratt steam engine for positioning
> > the frames for the driving wheels in such a way that a train motor can rotate
> > freely between them. Again, easy to make, just cut and file on a sacrificial
> > axle on a 4000 rpm motor.
> >
> > Please let me know what you think, particularly if you're not averse to modding!
> > I intend to ask TLG why some of these have not been made properly by them since
> > they're small, versatile parts rather than the chunky useless ones we see too
> > many of.
> >
> > Mark
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> Wow, those are some very good mods! I can definitely see the half-double axle
> joiner perpendicular becoming very handy - for half unit increments, among other
> things.
>
> Sometime I'll compile my own part wish list, but I'm to laz-er-busy right now.
> One handy thing is the tow ball pins. saw off the ball part and you get a nice
> plug-type piece in X or O. I'll get pics up sooner or later.
> --Peter
Thanks :-) I thought of calling a half double axle joiner a "minim" because it
looks like the musical note and it's a lot quicker to say!
I've made quite a few of the X plugs you mentioned, but from axle pins because
the ball parts are less common. I've used them:
in this signal gantry: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1102056
(4 you can see on the bell cranks for the right signal and another 2 at the
bottom hold the flex ends to the levers)
in these steam engines: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1093550
(on the right, axles facing)
and http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1093563
They are so useful I've made at least 50, but they might not be practical for
the general market because kids would get them stuck in other pieces and
wouldn't be able to remove them. This makes the short pins different from other
parts we mod because the main reason TLG couldn't make most of the others is
that there are too many big useless parts taking up the moulds (500000DKR each).
Never mind, we AFOLs can make enough short pins for our needs from the amount we
buy!
I think the fact that the chance of a certain piece being made by TLG is zero
for a good reason other than mould numbers can hinder the acceptance of the
piece in the AFOL community. The short X-pin was my first mod, and it's a great
way to start modding because it can be made on a 4000rpm motor lathe (LEGO tools
too!), so the barrier to making this piece hinders other AFOLs from taking the
plunge.
The 1L friction pin with bezel (the O-plug you mentioned), from a pin ball part
or black peg, is one I've not needed to make yet because the mods I usually make
are for moving mechanisms in small spaces, which don't often require friction
pins. The lack of movement from friction pins also means there is usually more
space to hide the other half of the pin if it doesn't have any clearance issues
with other moving parts.
Despite the variety, I still try not to mod more than necessary :-) The 3 areas
I mod most for are currently moving technic parts, shorter tiles and baseplates.
Sadly I couldn't make longer thin liftarms (9,11,13,15) unless I sacrificed my
no-glue policy.
I have been compiling a parts list, sketching the ideas in Visio, but I would
have to trim it to only those parts I thought of independently if I were to post
it. There are at least 60 parts on the list.
Mark
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