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Re: Heeeelp! My lego is cracking (and I'm not joking)
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lugnet.technic
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Thu, 28 Nov 2002 06:43:41 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Luis Miguel Hernández writes:
> Hi all
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> I was building the sports car I announced some time ago (If you don´t
> remember, check http://news.lugnet.com/technic/?n=8218 )when I saw some
> perpendicular axle joiners were splitting.
> Check it yourselves:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=278993
> (WARNING: file too heavy, 115KB... a less detailed version is at
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=28892 )
Hm... That's a first AFAIK.
Seems you put too much stress on your parts.
Remember that it's plastic and a toy and can't handle whatever you throw at
them.
The axles seems to be bending due to side force and the other parts due to
twisting.
Best,
/Tobbe
http://www.lotek.nu
(remove SPAM when e-mailing)
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 | | Re: Heeeelp! My lego is cracking (and I'm not joking)
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| (...) Well, I have similar experience, and my opinion is it's because of age. My oldest parts did the same and I didn't do anything wrong to them (I mean things like lot of load, stress or anything) All I did was I built a model and than I left it (...) (22 years ago, 28-Nov-02, to lugnet.technic)
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