The Math Behind LEGO Building Techniques – Volume 3
The Math Behind LEGO Building Techniques – Volume 2
The Math Behind LEGO Building Techniques – Volume 1
Isn’t That Stud Supposed to be on Top ? No, it’s SNOT – Building Sideways using LEGO
Don’t Underestimate That Jumper Plate – Half Stud Offsets in LEGO Models
Thinking Outside the Grid – Building Angled Walls using LEGO
Squaring the Circle – Building Round Shapes using LEGO
Interview with SPQR Bricks
Interview with Alexandre Canavarro
Interview with Michael Haas
Welcome to the website for ‘The LEGO Builder’s Handbook‘ published by No Starch Press, with a release date of November 5, 2024. This book is currently available for pre-order on nostarch.com and other online retailers like Amazon, Barnes and Noble, etc.
As the title suggests, the book is a general guide for LEGO builders. It covers a wide range of topics from an introduction to the LEGO system and basic building techniques to fairly advanced topics like offsets, sideways building a.k.a. SNOT, angled walls, round shapes, mosaics and sculptures. This book doesn’t just catalog LEGO building techniques – it also delves a little deeper, providing the rationale for each technique, an explanation of how it works, and the possible applications for it.
On this website, you will find a FAQ page that hopefully answers any questions you may have regarding the book, or its author (me!). This website is also home to the original blog that formed the basis for some of the chapters of the book (the rest of the chapters were written entirely from scratch). Over time, I hope to use the website as a repository for material that can supplement the contents of the book. This will include LEGO set reviews, articles that explore LEGO building techniques not covered in the book, instructions for custom LEGO models you can build, and eventually, software utilities that can help you design your own LEGO mosaics and sculptures. Stay tuned!