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RE: [OT] Interesting?

• Posted by rforno at tutopia.com Jul 20, 2003
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Please check Scientific American February 1963 for an article on this
subject.
Regards.
----- Original Message -----
From: Dan Moyer <DANIELMOYER at prodigy.net>
Subject: Re: [OT] Interesting?


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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Al Getz" <Xaxo at aol.com>
> To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 1:07 PM
> Subject: RE: [OT] Interesting?
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> > 1evan at sbcglobal.net wrote:
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> > > http://www.earth360.com/math-naturesnumbers.html
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> > >
> > Howdy,
> >
> >
> > THE SQUARE TRIANGLE
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> >
> > Now for something more serious (ha ha), here are some counter points...
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> <snip>>
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> > You can probably use a triangular bit to drill a round hole, but
> > ever try to drill a triangular hole?
>
> Well, I've seen "drills" which can drill SQUARE holes, so I don't suppose
it
> would be completely impossible to make a variant which could drill a
> triangular one!   :)
>
> Dan Moyer
>
> ps.  the "drill", mounted in a drill press, is actually an assemblege of a
> hollow NON-ROTATING square "pipe" with sharp edges at the bottom, with a
> regular drill INSIDE it, presumably sticking some distance down from the
> bottom of the hollow square pipe, such that the drill drills a round hole
> almost the size of the square, the pipe's sharp edges then chisels out the
> remaining wood as the drill is advanced through it.  Might not work so
well
> for a triangle, as there would be more wood left in the corners of a
> triangular hole than in the corners of a square one.
>
>
> <snip>
> > Take care for now,
> > Al
> >
> >
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