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  Re: How to make a perfect octagon or hexagon?
 
(...) Try approaching it in steps. Can you make an equilateral triangle out of Technic beams? Don't worry about making the angles rigid, just make a structure with three equal-length sides, connected near the corners (connected with something that (...) (17 years ago, 10-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic)
 
  Re: How to make a perfect octagon or hexagon?
 
(...) The tri-blade is great for hexagons.... (URL) (17 years ago, 10-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
 
  Re: How to make a perfect octagon or hexagon?
 
(...) It would appear that they're approximately 126.8698976 degrees. That's from approximating some angles and noticing that what I think they were trying to do was to create the geometry such that a 3-4-5 right triangle was possible. DaveE (17 years ago, 10-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
 
  Re: How to make a perfect octagon or hexagon?
 
Your best bet would be the #4 angle connector, its a 135 degree angle. (17 years ago, 10-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic)
 
  How to make a perfect octagon or hexagon?
 
I'm trying to make a largish (20 cm across or so) octagon or hexagon out of technic parts. I thought this would be easy, because I believed that the bent technic beams (e.g. (URL) 32348>) had a 135-degree angle, or at least some angle that would (...) (17 years ago, 10-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
 
  Re: 951/856 bulldozer instructions question
 
Hello Jonathan, You have to check the pictures on the box to see how the blade is mounted to the bulldozer... Greetings Maico Arts Jonathan Wilson schreef: (...) (17 years ago, 8-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic)
 
  Re: Technicopedia
 
Update ====== Sets from 1981 have been listed including 8844, 8845, 8846, 8848, and 8859. blakbird (17 years ago, 8-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
 
  951/856 bulldozer instructions question
 
Both the 951 instructions and the 856 instructions on Peeron show a bulldozer on the front page with a flat blade. However, the instructions show how to build a front end loader with no instructions for the bulldozer at all. Anyone know whats going (...) (17 years ago, 7-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic)
 
  Re: Building a realistic working road grader from Technic LEGO parts.
 
"Nathan Bell" <Radarbell@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Jsn2Jz.7nD@lugnet.com... (...) Another two pneumatic cylinders, and I think you would've had the steering like a real grader does. I've seen few other models with that degree of steering (...) (17 years ago, 7-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic)
 
  Re: Building a realistic working road grader from Technic LEGO parts.
 
(...) Clarification: the blade design in the pictures works but my modification did not work- therefore the overall blade range remains about 45 degrees. (17 years ago, 6-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic)


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