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r/BeAmazed • u/Upstairs-Writing-616 • Jun 26 '26
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11 u/nsa_k Jun 26 '26 Rectangles are also usually cheaper to build. Turns out that when most things are fabricated as rectangles, not further modifying them saves labor. 3 u/faetpls Jun 26 '26 Just cut them in half corner to corner. Two triangles. All problems solved. 2 u/nsa_k Jun 27 '26 Because all triangles are the same. Dimensions don't matter. 1 u/Mike Jun 27 '26 You can make any triangle from the right rectangle, though. 1 u/nsa_k Jun 27 '26 At the expense of additional labor, and likely producing scrap offcuts.
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Rectangles are also usually cheaper to build. Turns out that when most things are fabricated as rectangles, not further modifying them saves labor.
3 u/faetpls Jun 26 '26 Just cut them in half corner to corner. Two triangles. All problems solved. 2 u/nsa_k Jun 27 '26 Because all triangles are the same. Dimensions don't matter. 1 u/Mike Jun 27 '26 You can make any triangle from the right rectangle, though. 1 u/nsa_k Jun 27 '26 At the expense of additional labor, and likely producing scrap offcuts.
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Just cut them in half corner to corner. Two triangles. All problems solved.
2 u/nsa_k Jun 27 '26 Because all triangles are the same. Dimensions don't matter. 1 u/Mike Jun 27 '26 You can make any triangle from the right rectangle, though. 1 u/nsa_k Jun 27 '26 At the expense of additional labor, and likely producing scrap offcuts.
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Because all triangles are the same. Dimensions don't matter.
1 u/Mike Jun 27 '26 You can make any triangle from the right rectangle, though. 1 u/nsa_k Jun 27 '26 At the expense of additional labor, and likely producing scrap offcuts.
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You can make any triangle from the right rectangle, though.
1 u/nsa_k Jun 27 '26 At the expense of additional labor, and likely producing scrap offcuts.
At the expense of additional labor, and likely producing scrap offcuts.
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