July 20, 20168 yr Hmm, I'm a senior design director type. I wonder if they are okay with home office work... I'm sure they won't have a problem with that On a different (trivial matter); In The Netherlands we are currently experiencing a heat wave. My LEGO room is under the roof and I am afraid my LEGO is melting. Unfortunately I can't check, because it's just too hot to enter (hopefully temperature will go down a bit this weekend, so I can continue working on my reviews)
July 20, 20168 yr On this topic Jim: Has anyone tested when lego parts melt and deform? Wikipedia states you have to reach 95°C-110°C for ABS to melt.
July 20, 20168 yr On this topic Jim: Has anyone tested when lego parts melt and deform? Wikipedia states you have to reach 95°C-110°C for ABS to melt. I haven't tested it, but it feels like I'm hitting 80°C in the attic
July 20, 20168 yr You might throw in a thermometer und pull it back after 5 or 10 minutes. You should check it. I don't know how the rubber on the wheels react. Some Rubbers are aswell made for 100°C+ but not all. E.G.: racing tires start to detoriat above 95°C.
July 20, 20168 yr You might throw in a thermometer und pull it back after 5 or 10 minutes. You should check it. I don't know how the rubber on the wheels react. Some Rubbers are aswell made for 100°C+ but not all. E.G.: racing tires start to detoriat above 95°C. I might be exaggerating a bit here ...but it's definitely too hot to be setting there and enjoying a nice LEGO build. We are experiencing an outdoor temperature of around 34°C, which is extremely hot for us Dutchies. I reckon the room temperature will definitely be somewhere in the forties °C.
July 20, 20168 yr I haven't tested it, but it feels like I'm hitting 80°C in the attic Holy shit. I mean, it's hot here, but I don't think it is hotter than 30°C in our house. Although I have not been in the attic yet. I do hope the temperature will go down in the coming weeks. And it does not help that it is quite humid in our country, with around 50% lately.
July 20, 20168 yr Holy shit. I mean, it's hot here, but I don't think it is hotter than 30°C in our house. Although I have not been in the attic yet. I do hope the temperature will go down in the coming weeks. And it does not help that it is quite humid in our country, with around 50% lately. Like I said....I exaggearted a bit Although it's probably above 40°C. I will see if I can find a thermometer.
July 20, 20168 yr I haven't tested it, but it feels like I'm hitting 80°C in the attic Haha, I suppose a modern review can't do without a proper heat test . Btw, where others might put there models or MOCs on display, I store them in a box in the darkest and coolest place in the house. I'm affraid my parts will discolor.
July 20, 20168 yr Haha, I suppose a modern review can't do without a proper heat test . Btw, where others might put there models or MOCs on display, I store them in a box in the darkest and coolest place in the house. I'm affraid my parts will discolor. I once say a post on the LEGO subreddit that suggested applying anti-UV film on your windows, to prevent your parts from discoloring. But I have not really looked into it much.
July 20, 20168 yr Well Saxony Anhalt will reach 31°C for today. I'm not amused. Atleast my modells are in a quite well temperated living room. Weather report states for me: next week will be around 26°C. For Amsterdam it states: 25 for tomorrow! So cheer up Jim you won't fuse with your lego tomorrow :)
July 20, 20168 yr This summer my BFF is the ventilator, 33 degrees Celsius today Given your house-hold track record I assume you are talking about a Lego Technic ventilator . What motors are you using haha? Edited July 20, 20168 yr by Didumos69
July 20, 20168 yr Yesterday it hit about 35 degrees C outside, felt hotter in my Lego room (well, lego corner of a room).
July 20, 20168 yr Yeah, I can only add to the temperature woes; it's currently 32° at my desk, and that's the shaded area! Luckily I haven't built anything recently, because I tend to leave my Lego out overnight and if any soft parts (pneumatic tubing mostly) were directly under the skylight then I think they would have suffered by now...
July 20, 20168 yr Given your house-hold track record I assume you are talking about a Lego Technic ventilator . What motors are you using haha? A buggy motor running from my laptop of course On the serious side, I have built one with two m motors that turned automatically, currently rebuilding it and creating the one above
July 20, 20168 yr Sorry for double post, but this is the USB powered ventilator: Lego ventilator by Alaxaf, on Flickr
July 20, 20168 yr I tried to make a 'large' ventilator a while back. It was a hot day, the real ventilator was broken and in about 30 minutes I tried to make a Lego one. It failed miserably. The paper blades where just not strong enough and because of the big contruction that was spinning around very fast, the whole construction wobbled like crazy. A bit off topic: @LXF: that keyboard looks sooo confusing
July 20, 20168 yr Well Jim, if your X-wing starts to look like an inverted U-wing let us know :D Hehe, I will
July 20, 20168 yr My Lego attic was 40 degrees yesterday, so I remove the electric parts from the room during the summer. I take a mini box of parts to a cooler room when I'm ready to build. I get crabby if I'm too hot.
July 20, 20168 yr A buggy motor running from my laptop of course On the serious side, I have built one with two m motors that turned automatically, currently rebuilding it and creating the one above Sorry for double post, but this is the USB powered ventilator: Lego ventilator by Alaxaf, on Flickr I knew it! What an obscure website that you're browsing
July 20, 20168 yr I live in Texas and it sometimes reaches 40°C here, at least my building space isn't in the attic
July 20, 20168 yr Video: That would work pretty well with those Airjitzu propellers. Did you mention anywhere how you connected the USB wires to the LEGO PF system? I wouldn't mind testing that out. Edited July 20, 20168 yr by SevenStuds
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