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Re: need to make a 15 degree angle
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 2 Oct 2008 03:01:27 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Sam Pagel wrote:
> In lugnet.parts, Brian Davis wrote:
> > In lugnet.parts, Sam Pagel wrote:
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> > > anyone know of a part or combination of parts that would
> > > make a 15 degree angle... i have lots of room to work
> > > with, just have no idea how to achieve the angle.
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> > Well... as a Technic type, I'd do that with triangles. A long Technic beam as
> > the base, and another almost-as-long for the slope, with a small beam for the
> > "back" or "support" - since you can join these by pins, the geometry is rather
> > variable. How close you need to get to 15°, and how much space you need,
> > constrain the problem quite a lot - but an adjustable framework of beam-and-pin
> > pieces should give you just about any angle you need.
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> It doesn't need to be exact, just repeatable. I need to make an armature of 4
> or 5 successive 15degree "turns" to support some panels that are making sort of
> a jointed arc. I'll give the technic pieces a try. Almost jumped for joy at
> Nick Kappatos's suggestion of technic angle connector #3, but it is, alas, 30
> degrees.
Further measurements show that connector #3 is 22.5 degrees - this means you can
use these to make a jointed 90 degree arc with 5 panels (the ends would be
perpendicular to each other). Would this meet your design requirement?
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| (...) The arc in question only covers 75degrees (5 panels, the first starting at a 15 degree angle). i managed to make it effectively with the suggestion of triangles out of technic pieces. triangles made of two 1X6 technic bricks and one 1X2 brick (...) (16 years ago, 2-Oct-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: need to make a 15 degree angle
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| (...) It doesn't need to be exact, just repeatable. I need to make an armature of 4 or 5 successive 15degree "turns" to support some panels that are making sort of a jointed arc. I'll give the technic pieces a try. Almost jumped for joy at Nick (...) (16 years ago, 1-Oct-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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