brettbarbaro

OK – I see it now. There is a small gap when I connect the studded bricks on either side of the liftarm. Indeed, when the studs are pointed away from the liftarm, there seems to be 3.5 units distance between the holes. Interestingly, a Tyco plate works perfectly to fill the gap! Tyco plates are .5 units, not 1/3 units like Lego.

Hi! I am enjoying Sariel's book tremendously! I'm having trouble figuring out Figure 3-35, with the studs of studded beams inserted into the holes on opposite sides of a studless beam. The caption says, "This connection, with studs inserted into the beam's pin holes, is sturdy but considered incorrect. This is because - unlike in the previous examples - the spacing between the bricks' pin holes is not equal to a full number of studs. In terms of LEGO units, the bricks are misaligned." But when I try it, it seems to me that the spacing IS equal to a full number of studs. In contrast, the setup in Figure 3-34 DOES appear to be misaligned by this definition. I must be misunderstanding something. Can someone help me? Thanks, B

Perfect! 😊👍 I will start reading immediately! Thanks for your help.

Hi! This is my first post on Eurobricks. I am an AFOL with a four year old son. We are focused on technics. We are starting to get deeper into it. Is there a book that I could read to give me some general knowledge? For some background, I’ve been doing Lego for almost 50 years, but Just started dabbling in technics about 10 years ago. Focused almost entirely on MOCs. We made the tank 42140 and then took it apart for pieces. I’ve made about 10 orders on bricklink, just to have some basic material. Lots of motors (power functions, not powered up) and wheels - my son is really into cars. We just built the Arocs MB truck (used). I often find myself thinking about the principles of technics model design, and am wondering if there are any general guides on the subject.