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Re: If you could wish for any single Lego element, what would it be?
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lugnet.general, lugnet.technic
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Wed, 20 Apr 2005 22:37:15 GMT
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orion@orionrobots.co.*spamcake*uk
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If he is suggesting what I think he is - that is an axle elbow which
has three orthoganal connections - it can be acheived (somewhat less
neat) with a 90 degree elbow, an axle pin and an axle joiner.
If Xanthra actually means Technic Beams - then there is not currently
a sturdy way to do it. You might be able to use the old robot head -
but that would be far from sturdy. It can be done in a fairly bulky
way using the method with two beams seperated by two plates to attach
another beam at 90 degrees with pins. To do so in a sturdy way sounds
fairly difficult - I can visualise a right angle corner that would be
a 3*3*3 (brick width) cube - with three of the faces populated by two
beams. Then you would require a three wide pin to join that with a
technic beam - or a plate above and below.
Danny
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http://orionrobots.co.uk - Build Robots
On 4/20/05, Steve Hassenplug <Steve@teamhassenplug.org> wrote:
> On Wed, April 20, 2005 10:21 am, Xanthra47 said:
> > Steve Hassenplug wrote:
> >
> > > With the latest trend towards studless stuff in Technic, I'd like a way to
> > > connect
> > > two beams at 90 degrees in the same plane. Something like this part:
> > > http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/32136
> >
> > I'll see your two plane connector and raise you one more : )
> > I'd love to see "corner connectors" or "tribows" that tie 3 beams on 3
> > mutually orthagonal planes together in a sturdy way. Just think of what
> > we could do in technic, if we could easily build space frames!
> > -JSM
>
>
> I'm not sure I totally understand what you're suggesting. Can you explain it
> more?
>
> When I think of a beam, I think of a straight line. If two lines (beams)
> actually
> intersect, they will be in the same plane. Right now, it's hard to make two
> beams
> intersect.
>
> So, how do you define your planes?
>
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