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Subject: 
I'm Falling Apart!
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Fri, 31 Mar 2000 14:35:15 GMT
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Rick Tripp <rptripp@^Spamless^cyberix.com>
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Hi.
Does anyone have an idea for keeping the lego pieces together without
glueing them for good? Some of my designs fall apart where there are
only a few "holes and stems" holding them together. Thanks.



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  Re: I'm Falling Apart!
 
Use pegs and beams attached vertically. They give a surprising amount of strength to a structure. For more details, see pages 59 through 61 of "Dave Baum's Definitive Guide to LEGO Mindstorms," and also page 98 and 99 of the Construtopedia that (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics)  
  Re: I'm Falling Apart!
 
At a local craft store I found a product called "Plaid Stikit again and again glue". This is a water based liquid that dries to form a "postit note" weak adhesive. It is made by Plaid Enterprises, Inc. in Norcross GA. - pete. (...) -- Pete Sevcik (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics)
  Re: I'm Falling Apart!
 
in article 38E4B7A2.BD913F0B@cyberix.com, Rick Tripp at lego-robotics@crynwr.com wrote on 3/31/00 7:35 AM: (...) One (hyphenated) word: cross-bracing. Check out Fred Martin's "Art of Lego Design", in pdf format on his web page. (URL) Doug Weathers, (...) (24 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics)  

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