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| Hi all, Here's that round airlock I mentioned earlier. To go straight to the pics: (URL) and 2 show the outside, with airlock open and closed. 3 and 4 show the inside, with airlock open and closed. 5 shows the roof removed. You can see the how the (...) (22 years ago, 1-Jul-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build) !
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| (...) Now THAT is cool! Couldn't that be used as a docking mechinism? Remove the plates that stick out (what are they for, exactly?) and two of those corners would fit snugly, creating a small empty space in the middle. Great idea, Chris. -JHK (22 years ago, 1-Jul-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| Woh is all I have to say. -- Thanx~ Nicole (URL) <Xcalabur@rocketmail.com> wrote in message news:GyJoMH.37H@lugnet.com... (...) pics: (...) <snip> (...) (22 years ago, 1-Jul-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| (...) Thanks John. Those plates are just a floor-y type thing I added on, since the airlock would have been at the corner, thus not very much floor space in front of it. Yeah, you could make a docking mechanism if you just removed the plates in (...) (22 years ago, 1-Jul-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| (...) Whoa is good, whoa is very good. ;-) Thanks Nicole. -Chris (22 years ago, 1-Jul-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| That is cool Chris! I'd just have one comment - it mightn't be as easy as you think to get a seal at the top - unless LEGO have made 4x4 tiles with round corner. There's no tile that would match exactly to the edge of the cylinder. However you may (...) (22 years ago, 1-Jul-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| This is great. I remember the dark room back at my high school had the exact same door. -Jon -- | The Shipyard - (URL) My Lego Creations - (URL) Attack of the Bricks - (URL) <Xcalabur@rocketmail.com> wrote in message news:GyJoMH.37H@lugnet.com... (...) (22 years ago, 1-Jul-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| (...) Thanks Ross. (...) No, you wouldn't be able to seal it flush with the door. I just meant to put some additional tiles on top (maybe like a 6x6 area, turtable included). Just to add a bit more to it. (...) Yep. -Chris (22 years ago, 1-Jul-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| (...) Now if you use the HP rounded corners, you could make it a secret passage to a castle. Jude (22 years ago, 1-Jul-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| (...) Thanks Jon. A darkroom, eh? Interesting; never heard of that before. -Chris (22 years ago, 1-Jul-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| (...) Thanks Jude. It'll never all be done, don't worry. Always new ideas from everyone. This is probably my first (or second) real *original* idea, with no evolution from someone else's stuff. (...) Ah, I'm one step ahead of you. I already have (...) (22 years ago, 1-Jul-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| (...) You might be able to do it by topping the cylinder with an 8x8 round plate (which is mostly tile anyway, except for the four studs in the centre), and recessing the 2x2 turntable into a layer of plates above. Cheers Richie Dulin (22 years ago, 1-Jul-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| (...) Hmm... <storing in for-future-use file> That's a good idea. -Chris (22 years ago, 1-Jul-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| (...) That's magnificent! It reminds me of the "transporter" on my old Star Trek playset (wow, that was a LONG time ago--1977, I think) that worked on a similar principle. But I haven't thought about it since--that's an excellent employment of a (...) (22 years ago, 1-Jul-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| (...) Thanks Lindsay. (...) You could, and that was my original idea, but then you couldn't use the 1x4 w/ studs on side, you'd have to use something that accepts studs (i.e. 2 1x2 technic bricks w/ two holes). And I couldn't find mine. :-( So yes, (...) (22 years ago, 1-Jul-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| Chris, Great job. Now, if you lined the inside with sandpaper, turned it on it's side, and attached a motor, you could have a spiffy rock (or minifig) tumbler. - Sean (22 years ago, 2-Jul-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| That's so cool!!! <gasping for breath> :-D Awesome idea Chris! I once had this Marvel Superheros action figure set that used a similar concept for elevator doors. Anyways, this has so many great applications. Can't wait to see what else you'll come (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jul-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| (...) Heh, thanks Mladen. Hmm...elevator...<getting ideas for something that swivels and goes up and down> Thanks! -Chris (22 years ago, 2-Jul-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| (...) Thanks. (...) Well, I guess that'd work...I'll let you try tho. :-) -Chris (22 years ago, 2-Jul-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| (...) Interestingly, the dark room at my high school had the same door too. Awesome airlock; I'm always amazed at what people manage to accomplish with the limited curves LEGO gives us. Bryan (22 years ago, 2-Jul-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| Very cool...can't wait to see it appear on someone's capital ship! I wonder if the same concept could be applied using the smaller cylinders (4x4)in a similar manner to it's usage in Dan Jassim's Starshuttle? Do they make curves of that size? I'm (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jul-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| (...) Thanks Bryan. I wish there were more curved pieces available, but I make do. :-) -Chris (22 years ago, 2-Jul-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| (...) Thanks Gil; me either! (...) Uhh...I'm not sure, but i don't think so. I don't recall how Dan used them, but you wouldn't be able to have 1/4 of the cylinder cut out, as the 4x4 ones are in halves. I'm sure there's some kind of way to make it (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jul-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| Ah yes..I see what you mean. As I recall Dan used it on flat wall surface with an alcove to make it airtight as the half swivled. Accursed immutable laws of physics...always stepping on my roses :< Cheers, -G In lugnet.space, Chris Maddison writes: (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jul-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| well, besides the fact that this rocks i wonder why no one has thought of it before now.... very well done this would be really cool at the rear of a ship where you could turn the whole construction 45 degrees and get the cylinder 'exit' to point (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jul-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| (...) Thanks Paul. (...) That is a nifty idea. (...) Yeah, I did that merely to add stability without having to redo the floor to "cut" another hole into it. (...) Thanks again Paul, -Chris (22 years ago, 3-Jul-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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