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Making 7u axles
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lugnet.technic
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Tue, 10 Sep 2002 06:15:39 GMT
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<[william@]NoSpam[howard-family.fsworld.co.uk]>
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Well, I'm finally going to bite the bullet and [dons flame proof suit] *cut*
some of my axles to make 7u lengths.
Has anybody who's actually done this before got any tips?
What kind of cutting tool? Craft knife? Stanley knife? Xato razor saw?
What to use to polish the ends? Nail file? Fine grade emery paper?
What to start from? 8u and ditch the waste? 10u (or 12u) and aim for 7u +
3u(5u) lengths?
Any tips gratefully received
thanks
William
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| (...) Congratulations! Welcome to the wonderful world of brick modification ;-) (...) What I like to do is assemble 7 Technic bricks side by side and then one solid brick on the end. Connect plates to the top and bottom. Now slide your axle through (...) (22 years ago, 10-Sep-02, to lugnet.technic)
| | | Re: Making 7u axles
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| Speaking of the axles does anyone have any idea if LEGO make them with an extrusion mold or if they actually injection-mold each axle out of individual injection molds? If there's one part that's practically designed for extrusion molding techniques (...) (22 years ago, 14-Sep-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| "William Howard" <william@howard-fami...rld.co.uk> wrote in message news:NFBBICINOLKHMIO...d.co.uk... (...) *cut* (...) As many other said here, use the axel length you have the most of. And another thing, I never ditch the ~1U axel, or ~3U (...) (22 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.technic)
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