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28th October 2008, 02:45 PM #1
What... you mean it's not 1792?
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Thinking inside the square
I don't know what this is called either but I agree that every shop should have one.
[ame="http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=A7RdAQj8nFc&mode=user&search="]Square Gadget[/ame].
I know you believe you understand what you think I wrote, but I'm not sure you realize that what you just read is not what I meant.
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28th October 2008, 02:48 PM #2
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Now that is a bloody handy idea. I shall make one this weekend.
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28th October 2008, 02:51 PM #3
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English and their accents, you can't understand them
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28th October 2008, 02:52 PM #4
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But how can you make it if you don't know what one of 'em is?
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28th October 2008, 02:55 PM #5
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I'm sure some know it all will be along sooner or later to tell us what it's called and if I've managed to find time to make it before then it will be a miracle.
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28th October 2008, 02:58 PM #6
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Yeah, probably some bloke with an American accent that we can't read.
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28th October 2008, 03:06 PM #7
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Our very own Niki showed us this last year.
He is, after all, the jig-meister.
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28th October 2008, 03:08 PM #8
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Sorry... what's that you said? Originally Posted by Waldo
English and their accents, you can't understand them.
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I know you believe you understand what you think I wrote, but I'm not sure you realize that what you just read is not what I meant.
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28th October 2008, 03:09 PM #9
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I have made two. With the first, I kept havign to go back to the video to remind myself what the consequence of each of them being loose was. Also my pivot got a bit worn which makes it inaccurate.
So mark II was made from some spare 12mm aluminium strip lying about and marked (punched) on the short arm "Acute" and the long arm "Obtuse" to remind me what it all meant.Cheers
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28th October 2008, 03:10 PM #10
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OK, if you make one before the weekend, this gadget will be known as a 'Miracle' henceforth. Originally Posted by silentC
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28th October 2008, 03:23 PM #11
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28th October 2008, 04:19 PM #12
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Hi Woody Originally Posted by Woodwould
I don't know what this is called either but I agree that every shop should have one.
When I was at high school in the 60's they were called pyramid squares because allegedly the ancient Egyptians used them to build the pyramids.
Cheers
Graeme
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28th October 2008, 04:21 PM #13
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Looks like we'll have to reserve the name 'Miracle' for something else.
Still it's good to see that the forum hasn't let us down.
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28th October 2008, 04:29 PM #14
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*Sigh!* Ah well, I'll make one and enjoy it no matter what it's name or origins.
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28th October 2008, 08:00 PM #15
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great idea .
i have always used the 3 , 4 . 5 , method its good because it can be used in any size.
it can be inches, yards, mills or meters or miles if ya like or any multiple of , you can even go 30 meters by 40 meters then the diagonal should be 50 meters good for checking square in big things like cement slab or even a paddock
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