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Re: Home made weight bricks and train base plates
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lugnet.parts.mod
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Fri, 13 Aug 2004 16:49:10 GMT
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In lugnet.parts.mod, Sonnich Jensen wrote:
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Look at my page under Modifications
http://my.tele2.ee/sonnich/lego/
or go direktly there by this link:
http://my.tele2.ee/sonnich/lego/modify01.htm
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Bismuth, huh? Well, it’s the next heavier element after lead, decays so slowly
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
lead/tin/iron/cadmium...but its melting point is 520.52F, which is well higher
than the point where ABS will have melted to a smoldering heap of slag. You’re
probably using a tin/bismuth alloy with a pinch of lead. I ran across one
supplier who has a bismuth alloy that
actually melts at 158F (70C). Geez, you could melt that stuff in a hot-pot
double-boiler (not something that you’re likely to find for sale, but I did
build one for customizing action figures).
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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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| (...) 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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