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Re: 120 degree connector
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lugnet.technic
Date: 
Wed, 13 Jun 2001 18:36:34 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Rob Stehlik writes:
> Hi everyone,
> Like the subject says, I am looking for a lego piece that is 120 degrees
> exactly.

Hi Rob,

It's going to be hard to connect beams at exactly 120 degrees. There aren't
many pieces that have connections at that angle. I think the 3-arm rotors
will work, as you suggested.

The following link contains two quick ideas that I put together:

http://tanyatj.home.texas.net/tjscreations/quick_pics/

If anyone else has a better idea, or an improvement on what I did, please
post something. This is an interesting problem, and I'd like to see a good,
solid solution.

thanks,
T. J. Avery
http://tanyatj.home.texas.net/tjscreations/



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  Re: 120 degree connector
 
(...) Couldn't you use an equilateral triangle to construct a 120-degree angle? Like the top picture that Thomas posted, but either Technic beam extends two holes past the point where the two beams pivot. Then a simple 3-hole 1/2-wide connector (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.technic)

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  120 degree connector
 
Hi everyone, Like the subject says, I am looking for a lego piece that is 120 degrees exactly. I am looking to connect beams at this angle. I measured the angle connectors that I have (the ones used with axles), and it seems that the #4 is close, (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.technic)

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