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> What would it take to build a little Foosball table out of LEGO elements?
> Let's say it used the Football/Soccer ball and maybe include some of the
> minifigs. For the bars and knobs, could Technic axles be used and extended
> at key points where the players stand? What's the longest Technic axle ever
> given in a set, and are Technic axles rigid enough to stretch, say, 40 cm.
> across a board? Just some thoughts...
Well, The axles don't have to range freely across the board, so if you're
willing to GLUE them to axle connectors, you could make them any length
you want, but the range would be limited by the longest axle. (12 LU I think)
But how are you going to put them through the minifig torsos!!!!
Cheers,
Ralph Hempel - P.Eng
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| (...) I probably won't ever do this (too expensive and time-consuming) but I thought it would be fun to think about. Drilling holes in the torsos would probably work (eek! :-), if you've seen the experiments that Paul Gyugyi did with his Hexatron (...) (24 years ago, 5-Oct-00, to lugnet.sports, lugnet.build, lugnet.gaming)
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