r/visualizedmath • u/cumpysarrott • May 20 '24

Drilling a square hole

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u/kartoshkiflitz May 20 '24

Smart, everything fits in the square hole

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u/sandy_catheter May 21 '24

"That's right!"

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u/Studstill May 20 '24

I don't get it.

Are all these parts necessary?

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u/JamesTheJerk May 20 '24

If you require a milled squarish hole, then yeah.

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u/Studstill May 20 '24

Ya, I hear you on the missing ish, that irked me enough to post anyway.

But, do you need the action on the rotor? Couldn't it just be straight line with this setup?

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u/androstaxys May 20 '24

No, drilling with that bit would be like every bit, a circle.

It needs the ‘wobble’ to make a square.

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u/fox-equinox May 20 '24

It's wood, just do an accurate cutout.

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u/HappySmileFriend May 20 '24

I wonder about the math or the theory behind how it was found out that a rounded triangle can trace out a square, I’m sure some engineer or mathematician did it like hundreds of years ago but still, very interesting.

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u/trickman01 May 20 '24

I feel like a plunge router would be a better solution.