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Re: Hinge wall alignment
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lugnet.build.schleim
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Sun, 18 Feb 2007 23:14:39 GMT
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In lugnet.build.schleim, Jason J Railton wrote:
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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
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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
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| (...) 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: Place two 1x1 round plates (...) (18 years ago, 19-Feb-07, to lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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| | Hinge wall alignment
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| 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. The technique is for fitting in a wall that slants in or out by two studs. The slanted (...) (18 years ago, 18-Feb-07, to lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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