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Re: How to make a perfect octagon or hexagon?
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Date: 
Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:50:56 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Scott Lyttle wrote:

That particular piece is showing up in more sets...

Good to know; I loved it from the first time I saw it, but the rarity was a
problem.

My first thought on that piece--perfect piece to make
cell tower antenna from.

I had an instant use for that piece as well - flip-flop gates for a working
model of Digi-comp II:

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2859643

(Video when I eventually get time to compile it... the university has this silly
idea that I need to write a final, and turn in final grades, etc... sigh...)

--
Brian Davis



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  Re: How to make a perfect octagon or hexagon?
 
Thanks -- making a hexagon out of equilateral triangles occurred to me after submitting my post, but I really had no idea what was going on with the funny angle, so this has been very educational. As always, this is one of the most helpful and (...) (17 years ago, 10-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic)
  Digicomp II
 
(...) Wow! I for one can hardly wait to see the video of this. And I would love to see more explanation and construction details too! cheers, Alexander (17 years ago, 10-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic)

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  Re: How to make a perfect octagon or hexagon?
 
(snip) and the very rare but handy "Technic bush with 3 axles" (URL) (yeah, from just one set it (...) That particular piece is showing up in more sets: The Batman Copter with Scarecrow's bi-plane has three of those pieces in the set, and the new (...) (17 years ago, 10-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic)

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