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Re: Interior Doors?
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lugnet.space
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Tue, 12 Jun 2001 18:03:18 GMT
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William R Ward <bill@wards.net> writes:
> I'm tearing my hair out trying to add internal doors to my latest MOC.
> I have built several staterooms/cabins, but have been unable to come
> up with a decent door mechanism.
What about a hinged door made of plates? You can use a 1x2 plate with
handle attached to 1x1 plates with vertical clips as a hinge, or you can use
the 2/3 finger hinges. Remember that 5 plates is the same height as 2
studs. Here are some applications of these techniques.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=26163
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=26076
The second one takes advantage of the holes in the hinge studs to offset the
hinge 1/2 of a stud on the door. The other end of the hinge is pressed into
a technic beam.
--Bram
Bram Lambrecht
bram@cwru.edu
http://home.cwru.edu/~bxl34/
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| (...) The first technique looks somewhat flimsy unless it is done with a lot of clips as you did in this example. The second is quite clever - I hadn't noticed the 1/2 offset when I saw this model earlier. Very cool! For many years I thought I knew (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.space)
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| I'm tearing my hair out trying to add internal doors to my latest MOC. I have built several staterooms/cabins, but have been unable to come up with a decent door mechanism. The doors that Lego makes are not futuristic-looking enough for my taste. (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.space)
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