 | | More Heat Testing —Eric Harshbarger
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| | | OK, so I bought an oven thermometer today which is more accurate than my guessing with the knobs on my stove/oven. Using the oven, I warmed up a few 2x4 blue bricks (one single and a pair joined by 8 studs). I warmed them to between 140-150F (the (...) (24 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.storage)
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| | | | | Re: More Heat Testing —James Brown
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| | | | | (...) For a better test, I'd suggest turning your stove on as low as it will go (probably around 100F or so, and leave a handful of bricks in there for several hours, at least. Something that doesn't soften at a high temp (briefly) might do so at a (...) (24 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.storage)
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| | | | | | | Re: More Heat Testing —Philip Ogston
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| | | | | | (...) You might also try putting some sort of load on the bricks in the oven. Lego parts stored in an attic would most likely be stored tubs or boxes in which case the bricks on the bottom would be compressed by the bricks above. Bricks might get (...) (24 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.storage)
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| | | | | | | | Re: More Heat Testing —Fred Carcanague
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| | | | | | | Over the past few years I have had a chance to play w/several types of ABS/plastics and various heating elements(1) to make race car body parts(2). Lego ABS melts at about 220 degres easily. A 15watt soldering iron can cut right thru them (...) (24 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.storage)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: More Heat Testing —Eric Harshbarger
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| | | | | | | | (...) Thanx for the info, Fred. Do you happen to know at what temperature the bricks start to lose there grippiness? I'm not concerned that my attic will reach 220 degrees, but 150 might be a possibility. eric (24 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.storage)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: More Heat Testing —Mike Walsh
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| | | | | | | | "Eric Harshbarger" <eric@ericharshbarger.org> wrote in message news:38C12BAC.5DE148...ger.org... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) I wonder about this also. I received a Model Team set in trade last summer that simply would not stay put together. I (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.storage)
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| | | | | | | | Re: More Heat Testing —Shiri Dori
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| | | | | | Well, this was a while ago but I just found it, so sue me. :-) (...) And MUCH more so if they were there for days, or months. Too bad I didn't think of that before I left my bricks in Israel... I hope they're alive when I reunite with them (next (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jun-00, to lugnet.storage)
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| | | | | | | | Cold testing (was: Re: More Heat Testing) —Dave Johann
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| | | | | | (...) A cold test, huh? Sounds reasonable. I'll start it tonight with a variety of bricks. Pics will follow. Perhaps this should also include the sacrificial Timmy or Jar Jar. I'll have complete results by the end of the week. -Dave (who is quite (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jun-00, to lugnet.storage)
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| | | | | Re: More Heat Testing —Brett Carver
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| | | | (...) A bit more info for you to consider. We have an indoor/outdoor thermometer setup in the master bedroom with the "outdoor" probe in the attic (for measuring temp changes related to the use of a whole house fan). It's got a memory of the day's (...) (24 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.storage)
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