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Re: studless construction practice
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Tue, 17 Jan 2006 03:17:10 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Matthew Davidson <matthew@blank.org> wrote:

I agree with most of that except this:

Studless designs are stronger and more rigid. Studded brick are fine
for normal lego structures, but when things start moving and carrying
loads, studless wins hands down.

I think 3-d studless constructions are require much more support structure to
reduce twisting. Studded construction can do this with very little extra, thus
making studded construction definitely more rigid per unit weight. At least
that's what I've found.

ROSCO



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  Re: studless construction practice
 
(...) One advantage is rectified horizontal/vertical hole placement. To have an even ratio vertical hole distance using studded beams, you have to place two plates between each beam. Studless beams do not have this problem, and also provide a hole (...) (18 years ago, 17-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)

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