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| | | Author: | axaday  | | Posted: | Apr 13, 2019 10:11 | | Subject: | Have Rubber Bands Been Consistent? | | Viewed: | 69 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
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| I have quite a few rubber bands here and some more to post soon. I have generally
been pretty non-critical when parting out Technic sets with old rubber bands,
but I have one I'm not sure about at the moment and all this is to say:
If we edited the names of the old rubber bands to give approximate "diameter
at rest" would they still have in just a few size classes or would we find 20
size classes?
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| | | | | Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Apr 13, 2019 12:43 | | Subject: | Re: Have Rubber Bands Been Consistent? | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, axaday writes:
| | I have quite a few rubber bands here and some more to post soon. I have generally
been pretty non-critical when parting out Technic sets with old rubber bands,
but I have one I'm not sure about at the moment and all this is to say:
If we edited the names of the old rubber bands to give approximate "diameter
at rest" would they still have in just a few size classes or would we find 20
size classes?
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Some of the rubber bands do vary quite a bit in size, so the "approximate" sizes
in relation to other rubber bands has always been the best way to handle this.
Also, it is extremely hard to get a lot of these rubber bands to lay flat at
rest, so measuring them is, at best, mostly an approximation and a chore. The
rubber belts on the other hand are a completely different story and can be worked
out. This is project number 10 on the catalog roadmap (although it is labeled
wrong...it should say "Rubber Belt Cleanup").
Cheers,
Randy
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| | | | | | | Author: | axaday | | Posted: | Apr 13, 2019 13:41 | | Subject: | Re: Have Rubber Bands Been Consistent? | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, randyf writes:
| | In Catalog, axaday writes:
| | I have quite a few rubber bands here and some more to post soon. I have generally
been pretty non-critical when parting out Technic sets with old rubber bands,
but I have one I'm not sure about at the moment and all this is to say:
If we edited the names of the old rubber bands to give approximate "diameter
at rest" would they still have in just a few size classes or would we find 20
size classes?
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Some of the rubber bands do vary quite a bit in size, so the "approximate" sizes
in relation to other rubber bands has always been the best way to handle this.
Also, it is extremely hard to get a lot of these rubber bands to lay flat at
rest, so measuring them is, at best, mostly an approximation and a chore. The
rubber belts on the other hand are a completely different story and can be worked
out. This is project number 10 on the catalog roadmap (although it is labeled
wrong...it should say "Rubber Belt Cleanup").
Cheers,
Randy
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Okay. I'll get everything I have together and see if I can make things out.
I believe that 9605-2 has small rubber bands, not extra small.
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