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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. (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| (...) It just takes practice, and maybe a few more Lego pieces. Look at where it's falling apart, and why. See if you can build it different so that there's no joint at a critical spot, or find a way that the forces are transmitted so that the (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| 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, (...) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) On item that might help is the smallest cable ties sold by Radio Shack. About three inches long and 1/8th inch wide, they can bond beams strongly together at a critical point. Disposable, you just cut them off to get rid of them. They also do (...) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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