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Re: I'm Falling Apart!
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Wed, 5 Apr 2000 16:32:23 GMT
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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:

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.



One (hyphenated) word: cross-bracing.

Check out Fred Martin's "Art of Lego Design", in pdf format on his web page.

http://mevard.www.media.mit.edu/people/fredm/



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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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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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