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Connect bricks

Connect bricks

To build this tool, you need: 2 2X3 plates, 2 1X2 bricks, 1 1X1 brick and 1 1X1 brick with 1 knob.

Instructions:

  • Let’s start placing 1 2X3 plate on the table and imagine it is a braille cell with dot 1 on the top left corner.

  • Place 1X1 brick with 1 knob on dot 2; 1 1X1 brick on dot 5.

  • Place 1 1X2 brick on dot 1 and 4, and the other on dot 3 and 6.

  • Place the second 2X3 plate on top.

  • Insert the technic wire in the knob.

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