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Re: Brickfest '03 Presentation: "Building Big"
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Tue, 14 Oct 2003 20:35:35 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Beat Felber wrote:
> It definitely was worth to wait! Thanks for this great piece of work.
> I really enjoyed studying it - not only because my Mountaineer is featured.
> By watching the pictures and reading your notes your profession becomes
> obvious.

Thanks again for letting me feature your new creation. It was quite a surprize
to the crowd when they first saw it. I thought it was a great slide to show at
the beginning so that the audience would understand what I considered "building
big".

> I do agree with you in nearly every point when it comes to construction
> philosophy. Unfortunately I haven't always followed these principles. This
> is why I hardly was able to transport my Mountaineer down to the garden
> to take pictures.

Well, any large model presents difficulties when transporting it. There is a
fine balance between a strong structure and using a reasonable amount of parts.
But there are a few smart construction techniques that can help.

> With this presentation I also saw your tower crane for the first time
> - great work too.

Thanks! I will reveal more about this later. It is a crane I took to Brickfest
this year and is a reincarnation of my previous crane model, the MSG 50.

> And something less pleasing, the crash of your MSG 50. Hey, you never
> told me that the crane boom fell right onto a Manitowoc ;-)

Also another model that I will post more about when I get a chance to make
webpages. But in short, I forgot to lock the boom in place and it fell over.
User error, plain and simple. Unfortunately Steve Arnold's Manitowoc 888 was
underneath when the MSG 50 fell over :-(

> And last but not least - I liked the overall layout of your presentation.
> Sometimes you see examples that show how you shouldn't do it, even from
> professionals. Your presentation is definitely not one of the last
> mentioned!

Thanks!

-TJ



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Hi TJ It definitely was worth to wait! Thanks for this great piece of work. I really enjoyed studying it - not only because my Mountaineer is featured. By watching the pictures and reading your notes your profession becomes obvious. I do agree with (...) (23 years ago, 14-Oct-03, to lugnet.technic)

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