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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)
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Thomas Many thanks 1) for all the good advice and 2) for reminding me that I have a Dremmel-like modelling tool somewhere in the loft! I shall be cutting tonight! (...) If the axles work I also need to make some plates I can pass a wire through (...) (22 years ago, 10-Sep-02, to lugnet.technic)
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What you can also do is use a 10U to make a 7U and also a 2U (or use a 12U to make a 7U and 4U), discarding ~ 1U. Once again, it is best to just use what you have most of, especially since 2's and 4's are rather plentiful. "Thomas Avery" (...) (22 years ago, 10-Sep-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Oops. Did anyone catch my math mistake? That should have been a 10u axle, instead of 12u. If you cut a 7u axle from a 10u, then you'll have a small leftover piece that's a little less than 3u long. Geesh, isn't Monday over yet? Oh... it is. (...) (22 years ago, 10-Sep-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) a (...) As a finishing touch, use the Dremel buffing pads to put a nice shine on the end. (Bwahahahahhah - Lego surgery!) Mark (22 years ago, 10-Sep-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Aaaargh! Before doing that, consider sandwiching wires between 2 of these (URL) done this many times and it works well, without the need for evil mods! ROSCO (22 years ago, 10-Sep-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) mods! Ummm? Interesting idea. [FX: Evil cackle fades into the background - light bulb appears over head] thanks Ross regards William (22 years ago, 11-Sep-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Didn't work :-( But 4 1x1 round plates supporting a 2x2 plate leave enough room to squeeze a wire through :-) William (22 years ago, 12-Sep-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) i am now the proud owner or two 7u axles - and my BobCat looks much better for them (...) Worked well. I made a slight modification by swapping two of the 1x2 with hole bricks for 1x2 with axlehole bricks. That way the axle doesn't turn as (...) (22 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.technic)
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