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Re: LEGO bake test
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lugnet.storage
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Tue, 29 Feb 2000 16:54:53 GMT
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In lugnet.storage, Kevin Loch wrote:
> In lugnet.storage, Eric Harshbarger writes:
> >
> > Let me follow up on my earlier pos about LEGO baking/heat testing.
> >
> > In a second, completely un-scientific test, I set my oven at
> > roughly 150 Fahrenheit (I did not have a baking thermometer to
> > measure accurately). I put a few yellow 2x4 bricks within the oven.
> > A pair of them joined by all 8 studs, a pair joined by 4 common
> > studs, and one brick by itself.
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> > They baked for about 10 minutes and DID warp.
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> > I repeat, they DID warp.
> >
> > So somewhere around 150F (65.5 C) is dangerous for our little
> > plastic toys.
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> > Now, whether an attic space would ever reach 150 degrees (even in
> > an Alabama summer) is doubtful, but more tests (and more accurate
> > tests) are required.
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> Is is possible to melt the plastic without burning it?
> It would be fun to do some experiments with those sand-molding kits
> and say some train windows :)
Train windows!?! Sacrilege!
I think I might leave some "test bricks" in various configurations in
my attic this summer, along with a thermometer that has memory for a
max reading.
Now, I *know* you shouldn't leave it in your car. The local video
store has a lovely collection of heat-deformed videocassettes that were
left in people's cars. Hmm, another opportunity for testing presents
itself...
FUT lugnet.destructive-testing? :-)
--
Susan Hoover
Houston, TX
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| (...) The lego Gods will be angry and won't bring Lego Direct until the proper sacrifice has been made ... 1) 1 Lego Metroliner ... MISB (which could mean anything by e-bay standards, no?) 2) 20 Pitchforks 3) ... ;) -- pn (Eric - you're nuts. The (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.storage)
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| (...) Umm, I diddn't mean melt the train windows :) I meant make certain impressions in the sand-mold with them, melt some town Jr. car chassis and pour it in the mold. Actually I doubt it would be good enough quality, but it would be a fun (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.storage)
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| (...) Is is possible to melt the plastic without burning it? It would be fun to do some experiments with those sand-molding kits and say some train windows :) KL (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.storage)
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