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Re: Hinge wall alignment
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Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:20:11 GMT
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In lugnet.build.schleim, Richie Dulin wrote:
   In lugnet.build.schleim, Jason J Railton wrote:
   In lugnet.build.schleim, Richie Dulin wrote:
   In lugnet.build.schleim, Jason J Railton wrote:
   I have one other technique that I haven’t documented yet. I saw William Howard doing some slanted walls for shop fronts, and had to work out the maths behind it.

-snip- If you rotate that yellow plate, its other diagonal - the same length - bridges the gap just as well.

The same trick works for any length plate. You just need wall or plate hinges at each end to hold the diagonal in place.

Jason R

This is very cool! It seems obvious now you’ve highlighted it, but I could never have spotted it.

(I can’t wait to use it in practice!)

Thanks for sharing!

Cheers

Richie Dulin

Believe it or not, I worked some of this out whilst placing sheep. We use a lot of the sheep based on a 2x3 brick, but they all tend to line up in the same direction. So, next time you’re building a flock, try this:

-snip-

I shall have to build a flock just to try this for myself!

Cheers!

Richie Dulin

Brickish sheep:
http://www.brickish.org/bi/bi2.pdf

and ram:
http://www.brickish.org/bi/bi4.PDF

(Mark Palmer)

Jason R



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(...) -snip- I shall have to build a flock just to try this for myself! Cheers! Richie Dulin (17 years ago, 20-Feb-07, to lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)

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