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Weirder than you think.


Dec
1
asked What is LUGBULK?
Dec
1
asked Does the basic 2 x 4 brick have a common nickname?
Nov
30
revised What pieces are prone to breaking?
Added a couple of other pieces.
Nov
29
answered Are there any mirrored LEGO bricks?
Nov
29
accepted What is the smallest LEGO component?
Nov
29
answered What is the smallest LEGO component?
Nov
29
comment What is the smallest LEGO component?
I've physically compared a screwdriver to a lever. For the purposes of fitting through holes, the screwdriver is indeed slightly narrower than the base of the lever handle.
Nov
28
comment How can I fix a flattened gear?
+1 for the info on plasticity. Of course, I'm horrified at the idea of sacrificing a perfectly good axle (especially when replacement gears so easy / inexpensive to obtain), but the logic behind your suggestions is irrefutable.
Nov
28
revised How can I fix a flattened gear?
Added comment about using broken gear.
Nov
28
asked What is the smallest LEGO component?
Nov
28
answered How can I fix a flattened gear?
Nov
28
answered Does anyone have any successful techniques in searching for lego bricks in a pile?
Nov
28
comment How to make a 1 ldu offset?
From my experiments, I found that a 1 ldu offset is perfect for holding a piece of thick paper. So it does have its uses.
Nov
28
comment How to make a 1 ldu offset?
@Joubarc: That's truly brilliant! Many thanks for the posing this entertaining little puzzle. It's been bothering me for days. Now I'm kicking myself. The first time I ever came across SNOT it used these very same fences!
Nov
26
revised Are Samsonite gears compatible with modern Technic gears?
added 774 characters in body
Nov
26
comment Are Samsonite gears compatible with modern Technic gears?
@Ambo100: See my answer, below.
Nov
26
answered Are Samsonite gears compatible with modern Technic gears?
Nov
25
comment Are Samsonite gears compatible with modern Technic gears?
As @starblue says, there were actually 2 types of gears made in the 1970s. This page provides more info: miniland.nl/Historie/legoautos/samsonite/…
Nov
25
comment Are Samsonite gears compatible with modern Technic gears?
The red gear on the left is not a Samsonite gear. It is a European gear from the 1970s. This was different from the Samsonite ones (and incompatible with them).
Nov
24
comment How to make a 1 ldu offset?
Perhaps we could use the fact that bricks are not exactly 20 ldu wide: they are actually 0.25 ldu short at each end (which means that an ordinary lego wall has gaps of 0.5 ldu between the bricks)? Or that the studs on system bricks are approximately 0.25 ldu lower thatn the holes on technic bricks?