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Re: How much does a weight brick weigh?
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Thu, 5 Jul 2007 16:33:35 GMT
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Q: How much would a weight brick weigh, if a weight brick could weigh weight?

A: Pretty much half of what I needed.  I got two weight bricks today, and while
they may not be the exact perfect amount of counterbalancing, they are
sufficient for the task, and the project I was working on is now nicely
balanced.

Interestingly enough, they don't seem to be filled with lead as I'd originally
suspected (environmentally friendly?).  I held one up against one of those
little round LEGO magnets, and it sticks, so it's either iron or steel inside.



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  Re: How much does a weight brick weigh?
 
(...) This reply may be useless for you since you got the weight brick, but it can be useful for those who don't have any: Brick 2x4 is not the ideal part for adding weight because it's hollow. Plates have definitely more ABS per volume unit. 24 (...) (17 years ago, 5-Jul-07, to lugnet.trains)

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(...) Huh. Never noticed that Bricklink offers weight listings for parts. Interesting. (...) Helps very much. It means that the two weight bricks I have on order will weigh more or less the equivalent of 46 2x4 bricks, which is probably close enough (...) (17 years ago, 29-Jun-07, to lugnet.trains)

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