[TheForge] Ellipse generator?

[Andrew Vida]

Hellaciousness... I see your point, but the way to do ellipses w/string 
is as I described.  Now I'm all cornfuzed.

Chris Kilpatrick wrote:
> Yes andy,
>      But to make the ellipse requested, the height of the triangle needs to be 3.  Your equilateral triangle has a height of 5 3/16" approximately. giving a narrow width of 10 3/8" for the ellipse.
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> -Chris K.
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> From: "Andrew Vida" <osan at netlabs.net>
> To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Ellipse generator?
> Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 13:19:35 -0500
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>>Phlip wrote:
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>>>Andy, your way, what is the hypotenuse of the 6X6X3 triangle formed at the
>>>midpoint of the ellipse's axis?
>>
>>	At midpoint of the major axis, the triangle will be 6x6x6, not 
>>6x6x3. Loop == 18".  At midpoint, dist. between pegs is still 6", 
>>leaving 12" equally divided by the other two legs, and therefore 
>>you have an equilateral triangle.
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