Angular joints?

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#1

Is there an easy way to attach one part to another at a non-right angle, so I can, for example, build a ramp without bending any pieces?

Thanks.

#2

You could try hinges or different angle pieces. That’s what my teams have been doing, so it might work for you too.


http://www.vexrobotics.com/275-1272.html

#3

One thing you might find helpful is to use standoffs and shaft collars in “unconventional” ways to support straight runs of C-channel mating at angles to each other, etc. The black plastic shaft collars will also work in ways kinda similar to the steel ones you see in this thread:
https://vexforum.com/t/unconventional-use-of-vex-parts/22775/1

You can use the threaded inserts to join them together or, as in the case of the black plastic collars, regular screws going through the collars and into the standoffs. :slight_smile:

#4

Thanks to you both. I really like the idea of the shaft collar hinge from FullMetalMentor’s post (as much as I want to refer to him as Teddy Roosevelt :p).

Again, thanks.

#5