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Re: 60 degree problem
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lugnet.build
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Wed, 13 Jan 1999 01:20:19 GMT
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James Brown writes:
> I've got a design problem that I'm having a hard time working around - • normally
> I'd just drop the design, but this one has such great possibilities I'd hate • to
> have to do that.
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> I'm building an articulated 3-claw foot, based off of 1x4/2x2 hinge plates as • a
> center-point, arranged so:
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> ||
> //\\
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> The proportions of ascii art don't quite make it clear, but basically, each
> hinge is at a 120 degree angle, and placed into a triangular formation. This
> lets me do some really neat things, but I can't seem to figure out a way to
> connect anything to the "top" of the triangle.
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> No matter how I manoever things around, I can only get things lined up with • 1/3
> of the triangle at a time.
2x2 hinge plate? In which set can I see this little monster? I have one like
it, but it's a 2x2 plate turntable with fingers. I would also like to see the
parts labeled in your ascii diagram, cuz I don't know which pieces are which
and how many you used. Maybe make your diagram a little bigger too.
-Tom McD.
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| (...) like (...) the I've got a couple of what I would call a 2x1 hinge set[1]: ___ _ ___ |___|= _|___| Now, I'm only getting started and don't have a lot of sets, so I could have only gotten them from my Mindstorm RIS, 6572[2], 8222, 8226, 8735, or (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| I've got a design problem that I'm having a hard time working around - normally I'd just drop the design, but this one has such great possibilities I'd hate to have to do that. I'm building an articulated 3-claw foot, based off of 1x4/2x2 hinge (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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