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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 (...) (23 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, (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.technic)

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