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Re: Truss Joint Construction Details
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lugnet.technic
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Thu, 14 Mar 2002 19:37:38 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Thomas Avery writes:
> Hi All!
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> I hope I can distract everyone from the Bionicle vs. Technic discussions and
> focus on something more constructive for a moment.
Amen.
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> I built a little bridge recently:
> http://www.texbrick.com/quick_pics/bridge_w1.jpg
> (more details will follow later, after I put together a webpage)
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> I'm not satisfied with the joints, or the point of connection for the members:
> http://www.texbrick.com/quick_pics/joint.jpg
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> I have used a similar method before, as you can see in another close up:
> http://www.texbrick.com/creations/bridge_arch/joint.jpg
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> I'd prefer a different method, one that was less eccentric. Ideally, you
> want all the members to lie in the same plane, but this is very difficult to
> do with Lego. I haven't put my mind to it yet, but I'm sure there's a better
> way of making a truss joint. At the very least, I'm sure you could reduce
> the joint "thickness" by half (by using liftarms, or the like).
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> What do you think?
I just recently built a Truss bridge as well and pretty much ended up in the
same place you did. I don't think using liftarms would help much in my case
since all my members were created using 1x2 beams attached to 1xN bricks
with plates.
I wish I had a suggestion.
Regards,
Steve Martin
IndyLUG
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