Another use for Legos

[NOBLNG]

Can’t get enough light for precision operations. Pic sez it all.🙂

Edited May 10 by NOBLNG

[Maindrian Pace]

[Bugatti Fan]

Greg.   A setup that might work well for you is what works for me. I would suggest that you get two angle poise lamps and mount one on each side of your bench with bright daylight (cold light) led bulbs equivalent to 60w fitted. Gives good overall light and each can be pulled into position for more directional light where you need it.  To avoid glare into my eyes I wear an old baseball cap with a long peak.   Hope this suggestion helps.

[NOBLNG]

 

5 hours ago, Bugatti Fan said:

Greg.   A setup that might work well for you is what works for me. I would suggest that you get two angle poise lamps and mount one on each side of your bench with bright daylight (cold light) led bulbs equivalent to 60w fitted. Gives good overall light and each can be pulled into position for more directional light where you need it.  To avoid glare into my eyes I wear an old baseball cap with a long peak.   Hope this suggestion helps.

Thanks for the tip Noel. I rarely need more light. That was just a quick and easy way to get a bit extra for a particular fiddly little task. I thought it might be helpful to folks who might not have an abundance of lighting.

[Bugatti Fan]

Ok Greg.     I misinterpreted what you were attempting to do with the torch.

Hope others might find my tip useful as a result.

[Mattblack]

I don't know if it's already a 'thing' but this got me thinking that Lego may be useful for making 'custom' supports for parts while the adhesive sets?

[peteski]

Sure, there are lots of uses for Lego blocks besides playing with them. Another non-standard use is for moldmaking.

https://davidneat.wordpress.com/tag/using-lego-in-mouldmaking/

[iamsuperdan]

When assembling AMT big rig frames, I use Lego bricks to make a jig to keep everything square. Glue together the two fram rails and the 4-6 crossmembers, then put it in the jig.

Perfectly straight. Or as straight as one can get the typically warped AMT truck frames.

 

 

 

 

[NOBLNG]

Adjustable parallel line jig. Useful for chopping tops, sectioning etc.?

 

Edited June 9 by NOBLNG

[johnyrotten]

49 minutes ago, NOBLNG said:

Adjustable parallel line jig. Useful for chopping tops, sectioning etc.?

 

Lego surface gauge, great idea 

[stavanzer]

On 5/22/2025 at 7:28 AM, iamsuperdan said:

When assembling AMT big rig frames, I use Lego bricks to make a jig to keep everything square. Glue together the two fram rails and the 4-6 crossmembers, then put it in the jig.

Perfectly straight. Or as straight as one can get the typically warped AMT truck frames.

 

 

 

 

Got any Pics of your Jig?

I'll be building the AMT Alaska Hauler soon, and a Frame Jig sounds just the trick for stopping trouble before it arrives.

 

Thanks, Alan