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In lugnet.trains, Frank Filz writes:
> Well, I just (well several hours ago) tried this out. The geometry doesn't
> quite work out. To fill in those who haven't seen the picture, the key is
> that staggered, opposing thin-walls make a channel for plates to sit in
> vertically. Here's a very rough diagram of the thin wall arrangement:
Oooh, Drat! I forgot about the "lego" logos extruded on the tops of the
studs... Oh well, just goes to show the dangers of designing lego models in
your head... :)
BTW, I just tried it myself, and it does work... almost... the deflection of
the 1x2x2 "thin wall" panels is noticable, and causes a bit of stress to the
system, but it will hold together. Amazing that those pesky little lovable
letters can cause such a large tolerance problem...
One fix, is to use a 1x2/1x4 bracket (#2436) as you suggested in an earlier
post to shore up the *top* of the floating assembly. Since the 1x4 sections of
the 2436 stands out further than the 1x2x1 "thin wall" panel.
--Karim
"...looking out through a glass, darkly"
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| (...) It's more than just the letters, the actual stud is ever so slightly taller. When I gently slid a plate into a chanel made by reversing two thin walls, the top of the stud caught the edge of the wall. The two stud wide channel with 3 plates + (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| Karim wrote in message ... (...) account... (...) holds (...) pieces (...) Well, I just (well several hours ago) tried this out. The geometry doesn't quite work out. To fill in those who haven't seen the picture, the key is that staggered, opposing (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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